Convention | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
monospaced font | Command strings entered on a command line | show ip ospf |
lowercase | Keywords that you enter exactly as shown in the command syntax. | show ip ospf |
UPPERCASE | IFNAME | |
() | Optional parameters, from which you must select one. Vertical bars delimit the selections. Do not enter the parentheses or vertical bars as part of the command. | (A.B.C.D|<0-4294967295>) |
() | Optional parameters, from which you select one or none. Vertical bars delimit the selections. Do not enter the parentheses or vertical bars as part of the command. | (A.B.C.D|<0-4294967295>|) |
() | Optional parameter which you can specify or omit. Do not enter the parentheses or vertical bar as part of the command. | (IFNAME|) |
{} | Optional parameters, from which you must select one or more. Vertical bars delimit the selections. Do not enter the braces or vertical bars as part of the command. | {intra-area <1-255>|inter-area <1-255>|external <1-255>} |
[] | Optional parameters, from which you select zero or more. Vertical bars delimit the selections. Do not enter the brackets or vertical bars as part of the command. | [<1-65535>|AA:NN|internet|local-AS| no-advertise|no-export] |
? | Nonrepeatable parameter. The parameter that follows a question mark can only appear once in a command string. Do not enter the question mark as part of the command. | ?route-map WORD |
. | Repeatable parameter. The parameter that follows a period can be repeated more than once. Do not enter the period as part of the command. | set as-path prepend .<1-65535> |