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JUNOS CLI Basics

After you start the CLI with the cli command, type a question mark (?) to display a list of the available commands:


root> ?
Possible completions:
  clear             Clear information in the system
  configure         Manipulate software configuration information
  file              Perform file operations
  help              Provide help information
  monitor           Show real-time debugging information
  mtrace            Trace multicast path from source to receiver
  op		            Invoke an operation script
  ping              Ping remote target
  quit              Exit the management session
  request           Make system-level requests
  restart           Restart software process
  set               Set CLI properties, date/time, craft interface message
  show              Show system information
  ssh               Start secure shell on another host
  start             Start shell
  telnet            Telnet to another host
  test              Perform diagnostic debugging
  traceroute        Trace route to remote host

To display the options available for a command, type the command followed by a space and a question mark:


root> show ?
Possible completions:
  accounting           Show accounting profiles and records
  aps                  Show Automatic Protection Switching information
  arp                  Show system Address Resolution Protocol table entries
  as-path              Show table of known autonomous system paths
  bfd                  Show Bidirectional Forwarding Detection information
  bgp                  Show Border Gateway Protocol information
  chassis              Show chassis information
  class-of-service     Show class-of-service (CoS) information
  cli                  Show command-line interface settings
  configuration        Show current configuration
  connections          Show circuit cross-connect connections
  dialer               Show dialer information
  dlsw                 Show DLSw information
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To use command completion, type the first few letters of a command and press the Spacebar or the Tab key.

For example, when you type the following partial command, the system completes the command show chassis hardware and displays hardware information:



root> sh<tab> ch<tab> h<tab>
user@host> show chassis hardware 
Hardware inventory:
Item             Version  Part number  Serial number     Description
Chassis                                JN1086AA8ADA      J4350
Midplane         REV 00   710-012339   NE0664           
System IO        REV 00   710-012315   NE3564            JX350 System IO
Crypto Module                                            Crypto Acceleration
Routing Engine   REV 00   710-012149               			   RE-J4350-2540
FPC 0                                                    FPC
  PIC 0                                                  4x GE Base PICPower Supply 0

Type the following partial command to display the JUNOS software version running on the router:


root> sh ver
Hostname: host 
Model: j4350 
JUNOS Software Release [8.5-20070628.0] Enhanced Services

To access configuration mode, enter the configure command. The prompt changes to a pound sign (#).


root> configure
root#

To activate changes to the configuration, enter the commit command.


root> commit
root#

To exit configuration mode, enter the exit command. Use the exit command again to exit the CLI completely.


root# exit
root> exit
root@%

For complete information about CLI features, see the JUNOS CLI User Guide.


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