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Command Abbreviation and Completion

You do not need to type an entire command name in order to execute a command. If you type enough characters to uniquely identify a command and then type a <space> or <tab> character, eqcli will automatically display the remainder of the command name.

For example, if in the global context you type cert and then press the space bar:

eqcli > cert<space>

The CLI fills in the rest of the command line for you, followed by a space:

eqcli > certificate<space>

This also works with multiple keywords on the same command line. So, for example, you can type the following:

eqcli > sh<space>cl<space>

And the CLI will expand this to:

eqcli > show<space>cluster<space>

If the string that you type before pressing <space> or <tab> does not uniquely identify a command, then the CLI displays a list of all the commands that match the string you entered, and then re-displays the string that you typed. For example:

eqcli > c<space>

certificate cluster context crl

eqcli > c

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