HP VMA-series Memory Arrays - Manual (Page 114)

114 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide
within the CLI command set. For example, the commands to display the system
date and time or the hostname can be abbreviated as:
Additional letters can be included but none can be skipped; for example, the show
clock command can be typed as sho clo or sh clock or various other
combinations, but not shw clk .
Other commands that are frequently typed in shorthand include:
If the command is shortened too much, an error message appears and help is
offered. For example, the abbreviation sh cl could mean show clock or show
cluster so it generates this error message:
Note: When scripting CLI commands, the shorthand versions should not be used,
since commands that appear in a future release could potentially change the
acceptable shorthand version of a given command.
Getting Help
In any mode of the CLI you can query for help by using the help command or a
question mark.
Enter help at the prompt for a summary of how to use question marks to obtain
context-sensitive help, as described here. Just entering a question mark ? by itself
sh clo show clock
sh h show hosts
en enable
conf t configure terminal
ex exit
> sh cl
% Ambiguous command "cl".
Type "sh cl?" for help.