The MD-CLI command prompt

The MD-CLI command prompt displays on two lines. The first line contains the following information:

baseline status indicator

This indicator displays an exclamation mark (!) to indicate an out-of-date baseline when in a configuration mode.
uncommitted changes indicator

This indicator displays an asterisk (*) to indicate uncommitted configuration changes when in a configuration mode.
configuration mode reference

When in a configuration mode, a configuration mode reference is displayed:
- in round brackets for an explicit configuration workflow
- prepended to the context, separated by a colon for an implicit configuration workflow
The configuration mode reference can be one of the following:

ex

exclusive mode

gl

global mode

pr

private mode

ro

read-only mode
context

The present working context is displayed in square brackets ([]) when in operational or configuration mode.

For an explicit configuration workflow, the format of the first line is as follows:

<baseline status indicator > <uncommitted changes indicator> (<configuration mode>) [context]

Example: Explicit configuration workflow

(ro)[/]

(ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]

For an implicit configuration workflow, the format of the first line is as follows:

<baseline status indicator> <uncommitted changes indicator> [<configuration mode>:context]

[ro:/configure]

*[ex:/configure]

The second line contains the following information:

CPM

The active CPM slot can be A or B on 7450 ESS and 7750 SR routers, and A,B,C, or D on 7950 XRS routers.
user

The user is the name of the current user for this session.
name

The name is the system name, as configured with the configure system name command. The system name can change dynamically during the session if it is configured to a different name.

The format of the second line is as follows:

CPM:user@name#

The following examples display the two-line prompt in different modes.

prompt in operational mode
```
[/]
A:admin@node-2#
```
prompt in the operational root, with exclusive configuration mode
```
(ex)[/]
A:admin@node-2#
```
prompt in operational mode show router bgp
```
[/show router "Base" bgp]
A:admin@node-2#
```
prompt in exclusive configuration mode configure router bgp
```
(ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]
A:admin@node-2#
```
prompt in exclusive configuration mode configure router bgp with uncommitted changes
```
*(ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]
A:admin@node-2#
```
implicit configuration workflow prompt for a session in private configuration mode, with a present working context of configure router bgp with uncommitted changes in the private candidate datastore, and the baseline datastore out-of-date
```
!*[pr:/configure router "Base" bgp]
A:admin@node-2#
```