Session Management Commands
OmniSwitch 6250 CLI Reference Guide November 2009 page 6-11
prompt
This command defines the CLI prompt.
prompt [user] [time] [date] [string string] [prefix]
no prompt
Syntax Definitions
user The name of the current user is displayed as part of the CLI prompt.
time The current system time is displayed as part of the CLI prompt.
date The current system date is displayed as part of the CLI prompt.
string You can specify a text string as the prompt. Prompts specified with this
parameter are limited to four characters.
prefix The current prefix (if any) is displayed as part of the CLI prompt.
Prefixes are stored for command families that support the prefix recog-
nition feature. See Usage Guidelines.
Defaults
The default prompt is the arrow (->, or dash greater-than).
Platforms Supported
OmniSwitch 6250
Usage Guidelines
• Use the no form of this command to remove the CLI prompt.
• Prefixes are stored for command families that support the prefix recognition feature. These command
families include AAA, Interface, Link Aggregation, QoS, Spanning Tree, and VLAN Management.
Other command families do not store a prefix.
• To set the CLI prompt back to the arrow (->), enter the prompt string -> (prompt string dash greater-
than) syntax.
Examples
-> prompt user
-> prompt user time date
-> prompt prefix
-> prompt string 12->
-> prompt prefix ->
Release History
Release 6.6.1; command was introduced.