Section 1, Business Services Overview - Command Line Interface Overview
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CLI Error Messages
Table1‐8listsanddefinessomeofthemorecommonerrormessagesgivenintheCLI.
Table 1-7. CLI Shortcuts
Shortcut Description
Uparrowor
CTRL + P
Usetheuparrowtore‐displayapreviouslyenteredcommand.Theup
arrowcancyclethroughallcommandsenteredstartingwiththemost
recentcommand.
TAB Afterenteringapartial,butunique,command,presstheTABtocomplete
thecommand.Thecommanddisplaysonthecommandpromptandwaits
forinput.
? Usethe?foranyofthefollowing:
•Displayalistofallsubcommandsinthecurrentmode.
•Displayalistofavailablecommandsbeginningwithcertainletter(s).
• Obtainsyntaxhelpforaspecificcommandbyenteringthecommand,a
space,andthenaquestionmark(?).TheCLIdisplaystherangeof
valuesand
abriefdescriptionofthenextparameterexpectedforthat
particularcommand.
CTRL + A UseCTRL + Atojumptothebeginningofthedisplayedcommandline.
CTRL + E UseCTRL + Etojumptotheendofthedisplayedcommandline.
CTRL + U UseCTRL + Utoclearthecurrentdisplayedcommandline.
Autofinish Enterenoughletterstoidentifyacommandasunique.Forexample,enter‐
ing
int eth 1attheGlobalConfigurationpromptprovidesaccessto
theconfigurationparametersforthespecifiedEthernetinterface.
Table 1-8. Error Messages
Message Helpful Hints
%Ambiguouscommand Thismessageoccurswhenmultiplecommandscanbederived
fromtheinput.Tryusingthe“?”commandtodeterminethe
error.Referto“CLIShortcuts”onpage 1‐14formoreinforma‐
tion.
%Unrecognizedcommand Thismessageoccurswhenasinglecommandisenteredthatfails
tomatchanysupportedcommands.Try
usingthe“?”command
todeterminetheerror.Referto“CLIShortcuts”onpage 1‐14for
moreinformation.
%Invalidorincompletecom‐
mand
Thismessageoccurswhenthecommandisnotproperlyfinished.
Tryusingthe“?”commandtodeterminetheerror.Referto“CLI
Shortcuts”onpage 1‐14formore
information.
%Invalidinputdetectedat“^”
marker
Theerrorincommandentryislocatedwherethecaret(^)mark
appears.Enteraquestionmarkattheprompt.Thesystemdis‐
playsalistofapplicablecommandsorgivessyntaxinformation
fortheentry.