P-971M User’s Guide

Chapter 5 Introduction to CLI

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Figure 11   

CLI: Getting Help Example 3 

CM> man ping

Instance:  Console Thread (0x80fdc670)

COMMAND:  ping

USAGE:  ping  IpAddress

DESCRIPTION:
Pings the specified target IP address, sending 3 64-byte packets, and 
waiting
up to 5 seconds for a response.  This is a basic 'standard' ping.  For more
options or control over ping parameters and behavior.

In order for this to work, the CM must either have successfully completed
DHCP, or must otherwise have been configured with a valid IP address.

Note that this command causes the ping options to be reset to their default
state.

This may be disabled if the platform doesn't provide an implementation of
ping.

EXAMPLES:
ping 11.24.4.3  -- Ping IP address 11.24.4.3.

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CM>

5.3  Using Command History

The Prestige keeps a list of up to 16 commands you have entered for the current CLI session. 
You can use any commands in the history again by pressing the up (

y

) or down (

z

) arrow key 

to scroll through the previously used commands and press 

[ENTER]

. Use the 

history

command to display the list of commands. 

Note: 

The 

history

 command is not stored in the history command list.