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CLI Usage Conventions
CLI Usage Conventions
• Some Fabric OS show commands display certain switch or fabric components in three-digit decimal numbers, for example,
003. When you use these numeric identifiers as input to other commands, you must remove the leading zeros; otherwise the
commands will fail or generate incorrect results. Adding zeros to any decimal number in command input will cause that number
to be treated as an octal number.
• The entire command line (both commands and options) is case-sensitive. Selected command names and options may also
support Java-style capitalization. Java-style capitalization means that while bannershow and bannerShow will both work,
BANNERSHOW and BannerShow will not work. Command options on the other hand are strictly case-sensitive, and therefore only
lower-case or Java-style capitalization can be entered depending on each option. This means that while the -USB option of the
configDownload command works, the -usb option will not. Refer to the command syntax for explicit instructions on supported
capitalization for each command and its options.
• When command examples in this guide show user input enclosed in quotation marks, the quotation marks are required.
Example: zonecreate “zonename” requires that the value for zonename be in quotation marks.
• Automatic page breaks in CLI command output displays are being phased out. Use the more option to display command output
with page breaks: command | more. Do not use the more option in conjunction with help pages. Issuing help command |
more
displays a “no manual entry for command” message.
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