5.2.4 Abbreviated command execution

A command or parameter entered in abbreviated form will be executed if the entered characters are recognized as a unique command or parameter. The following figure shows an example of abbreviated-command execution.

Figure 5-7: Example of executing abbreviated input commands (abbreviated input of show ip arp)
> sh ip ar Date 20XX/11/15 19:37:02 UTC Total: 1 entries IP Address Linklayer Address Netif State Type 192.168.0.1 0012.e240.0a00 VLAN0100 STALE arpa

The commands for editing and operating the configuration listed in Table 6-1: List of configuration commands cannot be executed abbreviated except for the first level of the configuration mode.

Parameters following a parameter containing an asterisk (*) cannot be abbreviated.