DWS-3160 Series Gigabit Ethernet Unified Switch CLI Reference Guide
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DWS-3160-24PC:admin# config account
Command: config account
Next possible completions:
<username>
DWS-3160-24PC:admin#
In this case, the command ‘
config account
’
was entered with the parameter
<username>
. The
CLI will then prompt to enter the
<username>
with the message,
Next possible completions:
.
Every command in the CLI has this feature, and complex commands have several layers of
parameter prompting. In addition, after typing any given command plus one space, users can see
all of the next possible sub-commands, in sequential order, by repeatedly pressing the
Tab
key.
To re-enter the previous command at the command prompt, press the up arrow cursor key. The
previous command will appear at the command prompt.
If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands will be displayed
under the
Available commands:
prompt.
DWS-3160-24PC:admin#the
Available commands:
.. ? cable_diag cd
cfm change clear config
copy create debug del
delete dir disable download
enable erase format install
login logout md move
no ping ping6 rd
reboot reconfig rename reset
save show telnet traceroute
traceroute6 upload
DWS-3160-24PC:admin#
The top-level commands consist of commands such as ‘
show
’ or ‘
config
’. Most of these
commands require one or more parameters to narrow the top-level command. This is equivalent to
show
what?
or
config
what? Where the what? is the next parameter.
For example, entering the
show
command with no additional parameters, the CLI will then display
all of the possible next parameters.
DWS-3160-24PC:admin#show
Command: show
Next possible completions:
802.1p 802.1x access_profile account
accounting acct_client address_binding
arp_spoofing_prevention arpentry asymmetric_vlan
attack_log auth_client auth_diagnostics
