voice Voice appliance attributes
web Web
Showing Command Help
Example: Using Context-sensitive Help for Discovery
The context-sensitive help feature for syntax display is useful as well while drilling down on the exact
command to execute. In the following example the user discovers the proper command ‘show ip statistics
system’ through exploration:
SWI2210-XXXX# show ip ?
arp Address Resolution Protocol
dhcp Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
http Hypertext Transfer Protocol
igmp Internet Group Management Protocol
interface IP interface status and configuration
name-server Domain Name System
route Display the current ip routing table
source source command
ssh Secure Shell
statistics Traffic statistics
verify verify command
SWI2210-XXXX# show ip statistics ?
| Output modifiers
icmp IPv4 ICMP traffic
icmp-msg IPv4 ICMP traffic for designated message type
interface Select an interface to configure
system IPv4 system traffic
<cr>
! A repeated press of ‘?’ displays the syntax:
SWI2210-XXXX# show ip statistics ?
show ip statistics [ system ] [ interface vlan <v_vlan_list> ] [ icmp ]
[ icmp-msg <type> ]
SWI2210-XXXX# show ip statistics system
IPv4 statistics:
Rcvd: 2768 total in 181458 bytes
1727 local destination, 0 forwarding
0 header error, 0 address error, 0 unknown protocol
0 no route, 0 truncated, 0 discarded
Sent: 2553 total in 180047 bytes
1512 generated, 0 forwarded
0 no route, 0 discarded
Frags: 0 reassemble (0 reassembled, 0 couldn't reassemble)
0 fragment (0 fragmented, 0 couldn't fragment)
0 fragment created
Mcast: 0 received in 0 byte
0 sent in 0 byte
Bcast: 0 received, 0 sent