HP Secure Key Manager - Manual (Page 264)

• new cert request
If there are no spaces between segments of quoted and non–quoted text, the two segments are treated
as one argument. Thus, the command
new cert “new cert request”
is treated as three separate arguments:
• new
• cert
• new cert request
Escaping characters using backslash
You can include a quote character (“ or ‘) within an argument by putting a backslash (\) in front of
it. Thus, the command
new cert ‘new cert \‘request'
is treated as three separate arguments:
• new
• cert
• new cert ‘request
Similarly
new cert newcert\“request
is treated as three separate arguments:
• new
• cert
• newcert“request
The backslash character can also be used to escape itself. Thus, the string “\\” is treated as just a
single backslash character. Except for the cases when it appears before a single quote (‘), double
quote (“), or a backslash (\), the backslash character behaves normally. Thus the command
new cert “new cert \\reques\t”
is treated as three separate arguments:
• new
• cert
• new cert \reques\t
Tab completion
The tab completion feature allows you to type part of a command and use the tab key to fill in the
remainder. If the command is unambiguous, the CLI will fill in the rest of the command up until the
next point of ambiguity. For example, if you type sh, the CLI will complete the word show, as this is
the only possible ending to that word.
Because the majority of commands include multiple words, you will most likely type the beginning of
one word, press tab to complete the word, start another word, and press tab again. Tab completion
is available as long as the CLI knows you can only be referring to one word or command.
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