Operation Manual - Getting Started
Quidway S5000 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3 Command Line Interface
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3.3.4 Common Command Line Error Messages
All the input commands by users can be correctly executed, if they have passed the
grammar check. Otherwise, error messages will be reported to users. The common
error messages are listed in the following table.
Table 3-4 Common command line error messages
Error messages Causes
Cannot find the command.
Cannot find the keyword.
Wrong parameter type.
Unrecognized command
The value of the parameter exceeds the range.
Incomplete command The input command is incomplete.
Too many parameters Enter too many parameters.
Ambiguous command The parameters entered are not specific.
3.3.5 Editing Characteristics of Command Line
Command line interface provides the basic command editing function and supports to
edit multiple lines. A command cannot longer than 256 characters. See the table below.
Table 3-5 Editing functions
Key Function
Common keys
Insert from the cursor position and the cursor moves to the right, if the
edition buffer still has free space.
Backspace
Delete the character preceding the cursor and the cursor moves
backward.
Leftwards cursor key <←> or <Ctrl+B> Move the cursor a character backward
Rightwards cursor key <→> or <Ctrl+F> Move the cursor a character forward
Up cursor key <↑> or <Ctrl+P>
Down cursor key <↓> or <Ctrl+N>
Retrieve the history command.
<Tab>
Press <Tab> after typing the incomplete key word and the system will
execute the partial help: If the key word matching the typed one is
unique, the system will replace the typed one with the complete key
word and display it in a new line; if there is not a matched key word or
the matched key word is not unique, the system will do no
modification but display the originally typed word in a new line.