Using the Command-Line Interface in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software
Using the CLI
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The following examples show syntax conventions:
Router(config)#
ethernet cfm domain ?
WORD domain name
Router(config)#
ethernet cfm domain dname ?
level
Router(config)#
ethernet cfm domain dname level ?
<0-7> maintenance level number
Router(config)#
ethernet cfm domain dname level 7 ?
<cr>
Router(config)#
snmp-server file-transfer access-group 10 ?
protocol protocol options
<cr>
Router(config)#
logging host ?
Hostname or A.B.C.D IP address of the syslog server
ipv6 Configure IPv6 syslog server
Router(config)#
snmp-server file-transfer access-group 10 ?
protocol protocol options
<cr>
Table 3
CLI Syntax Conventions
Symbol/Text
Function
Notes
< > (angle brackets)
Indicate that the option is an
argument.
Sometimes arguments are displayed
without angle
brackets.
A.B.C.D.
Indicates that you must enter a
dotted decimal IP address.
Angle brackets (< >) are not always
used to indicate that an IP address is
an argument.
WORD (all capital letters)
Indicates that you must enter
one word.
Angle brackets (< >) are not always
used to indicate that a WORD is an
argument.
LINE (all capital letters)
Indicates that you must enter
more than one word.
Angle brackets (< >) are not always
used to indicate that a LINE is an
argument.
<cr> (carriage return)
Indicates the end of the list of
available keywords and argu-
ments, and also indicates
when
keywords and arguments are
optional. When <cr> is the only
option, you have reached the
end of the branch or the end of
the command if the command
has only one branch.
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