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Getting Context Sensitive Help

Enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to display a list of commands available for each
mode. Obtain a list of arguments and keywords for any command using the CLI context-sensitive
help.

Use the following commands to obtain help specific to a command mode, command name,
keyword or argument:

NOTE

The system prompt varies depending on the configuration mode.

NOTE

Enter Ctrl + V to use ? as a regular character and not as a character used for displaying context
sensitive help. This is required when the user has to enter a URL that ends with a ?

NOTE

The escape character used through out the CLI is “\”. To enter a "\" use "\\" instead.

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TABLE 1

Controller CLI Modes and Commands

User Exec Mode

Priv Exec Mode

Global Configuration Mode

Command

Description

(prompt)# help

Displays a brief description of the help system

(prompt)# abbreviated-command-entry?

Lists commands in the current mode that begin with a particular
character string

(prompt)# abbreviated-command-entry

Completes a partial command name

(prompt)# ?

Lists all commands available in the command mode

(prompt)# command ?

Lists the available syntax options (arguments and keywords) for the
command

(prompt)# command keyword ?

Lists the next available syntax option for the command