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2)  Enter a command, a space, and a question mark (?). 
If the question mark “?” is at a keyword position in the command, all available keywords at the position 
and their descriptions will be displayed on your terminal. 
<Sysname> clock ? 
  datetime     Specify the time and date 
  summer-time  Configure summer time 
  timezone     Configure time zone 
If the question mark “?” is at an argument position in the command, the description of the argument will 
be displayed on your terminal. 
[Sysname] interface vlan-interface ? 
  <1-4094>  VLAN interface number 
If only <cr> is displayed after you enter “?”, it means no parameter is available at the “?” position, and 
you can enter and execute the command directly.  
[Sysname] interface vlan-interface 1 ? 
  <cr> 
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1)  Enter a character/string, and then a question mark (?) next to it. All the commands beginning with 
the character/string will be displayed on your terminal. For example: 
<Sysname> p? 
   ping 
   pwd 
2)  Enter a command, a space, a character/string and a question mark (?) next to it. All the keywords 
beginning with the character/string (if available) are displayed on your terminal. For example: 
<Sysname> display v? 
   version 
   vlan 
   voice 
3)  Enter the first several characters of a keyword of a command and then press <Tab>. If there is a 
unique keyword beginning with the characters just typed, the unique keyword is displayed in its 
complete form. If there are multiple keywords beginning with the characters, you can have them 
displayed one by one (in complete form) by pressing <Tab> repeatedly. 
Terminal Display 
The CLI provides the screen splitting feature to have display output suspended when the screen is full. 
When display output pauses, you can perform the following operations as needed (see 
Table 5-2). 
Table 5-2 Display-related operations 
Operation  Function 
Press <Ctrl+C> 
Stop the display output and execution of 
the command. 
Press any character except <Space>, <Enter>, /, +, and 
- when the display output pauses 
Stop the display output. 
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