Allied Telesis RAPIER I - Manual (Page 15)

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Command Line Interface (CLI)
Enhancements
The CLI has been enhanced in the following ways:
■ More flexibility in Separating Parameters and Values
■ Additional Shortcuts when Editing
■ New command show command history that displays past commands.
Please note that it replaces the Ctrl-C shortcut.
■ You can now use the create config command to also set the router or
switch to use the new configuration file.
This section describes the enhancements. The new and modified commands to
implement them are described in
Command Reference Updates .
More flexibility in Separating Parameters and Values
The CLI has been enhanced to give you the flexibility of choosing whether the
equals sign should be required between parameters and their related values in
the syntax.
Parameters are keywords in a command that define the object or details of the
action. Parameter values can be numbers or text, or can come from a list of
items. Now you can set the syntax so that parameters and values can be
separated by either one of the following:
■ an equals sign (=)
■ a single space
The set command assignmentoperator command lets you change the syntax.
When using aliases, we suggest you use the = sign in the syntax to link
parameters with their values. Otherwise, if you separate a parameter with a
space, a matching alias could erroneously be substituted for the value. Note
that certain command handlers, such as STT, PERM, and ACC, always require
the = sign.
Parts of a Command
A command is a sequence of keywords and values that define an action for the
router or switch to perform. The Software Reference uses terms in the
following figure and table when describing commands.
cli-command-parts
add ip rip interface=vlan2 auth=md5 ip=ipadd
keywords keywords
action action placeholder placeholder value value option option
parameters parameters