CLI Global Commands

The commands listed in Table: CLI Global Commands are implemented as global commands that can be entered at any level in the CLI hierarchy. The exception is the info command, which can only be entered in a configuration context. To display a list of all system global commands, enter help globals in the CLI.

Table: CLI Global Commands
Command	Description
back	Navigates the user to the parent context
candidate	Enters the context to configure candidate parameters
echo	Echoes the text that is typed in; its primary use is to display messages to the screen within an exec file
enable-admin	Enables the user to become a system administrator
exec	Executes the contents of a text file as if they were CLI commands entered at the console
exit	Returns the user to the previous higher context
exit all	Returns the user to the root context
help	Displays help in the CLI
history	Displays a list of the most recently entered commands
info	Displays the running configuration for a configuration context; is not supported at the top (config) level
logout	Terminates the CLI session
mrinfo	Displays multicast information from the target multicast router. See the 7705 SAR OAM and Diagnostics Guide for details.
mstat	Traces a multicast path from a source to a receiver and displays multicast packet rate and loss information. See the 7705 SAR OAM and Diagnostics Guide for details.
mtrace	Traces a multicast path from a source to a receiver and displays hop-by-hop information. See the 7705 SAR OAM and Diagnostics Guide for details.
oam	Provides OAM test suite options. See the 7705 SAR OAM and Diagnostics Guide for details.
ping	Verifies the reachability of a remote host
pwc	Displays the present or previous working context of the CLI session
sleep	Causes the console session to pause operation (sleep) for 1 s or for the specified number of seconds; its primary use is to introduce a pause within the execution of an exec file
ssh	Opens a secure shell connection to a host
telnet	Telnets to a host
traceroute	Determines the route to a destination address
tree	Displays a list of all commands at the current level and all sublevels
write	Sends a console message to a specific user or to all users with active console sessions