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CLI parsing enhancement
The response to an invalid keyword, the command returns to the cursor will include all valid content
up to where the error was made. The prompt will only delete the invalid keyword “proc” and return
to a prompt with the command “Brocade# show”. This will allow the user to continue typing from
the point of failure, rather than having to type out the entire command again.
Brocade# show proc
Unrecognized command
Brocade# show
Syntax shortcuts
A command or parameter can be abbreviated as long as enough text is entered to distinguish it
from other commands at that level. For example, given the possible commands copy tftp… and
config tftp…, possible shortcuts are cop tftp and con tftp respectively. In this case, co does not
properly distinguish the two commands.
Saving configuration changes
You can make configuration changes while the device is running. The type of configuration change
determines whether or not it becomes effective immediately or requires a save to flash (write
memory) and reset of the system (reload), before it becomes active.
This approach in adopting configuration changes:
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Allows you to make configuration changes to the operating or running configuration of the
device to address a short-term requirement or validate a configuration without overwriting the
permanent configuration file, the startup configuration, that is saved in the system flash, and;