Chapter 4
| System Management Commands
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terminal This command configures terminal settings, including escape-character, lines
displayed, terminal type, width, and command history. Use the no form with the
appropriate keyword to restore the default setting.
Syntax
terminal {escape-character {ASCII-number | character} | history [size size] |
length length | terminal-type {ansi-bbs | vt-100 | vt-102} | width width}
escape-character - The keyboard character used to escape from current
line input.
ASCII-number - ASCII decimal equivalent. (Range: 0-255)
character - Any valid keyboard character.
history - The number of lines stored in the command buffer, and recalled
using the arrow keys. (Range: 0-256)
length - The number of lines displayed on the screen. (Range: 0-512, where
0 means not to pause)
terminal-type - The type of terminal emulation used.
ansi-bbs - ANSI-BBS
vt-100 - VT-100
vt-102 - VT-102
width - The number of character columns displayed on the terminal.
(Range: 0-80)
Default Setting
Escape Character: 27 (ASCII-number)
History: 10
Length: 24
Terminal Type: VT100
Width: 80
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Example
This example sets the number of lines displayed by commands with lengthy output
such as show running-config to 48 lines.
Console#terminal length 48
Console#
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