Pausing Between Screens Of Output; Numbering Each Output Line From A Display Command - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Pausing between screens of output

The system automatically pauses after displaying a screen if the output is too long to fit on one screen.
You can use the keys described in
display.
By default, up to 24 lines can be displayed on a screen. You can change the limit by using the
screen-length screen-length command. For more information about this command, see Fundamentals
Command Reference.
You can also disable pausing between screens of output for the current session. Then, all output is
displayed at one time and the screen is refreshed continuously until the final screen is displayed.
Output controlling keys
Keys
Space
Enter
Ctrl+C
<PageUp>
<PageDown>
Disabling pausing between screens of output
To disable pausing between screens of output, execute the following command in user view:
Task
Disable pausing
between screens of
output for the current
session.

Numbering each output line from a display command

You can use the | by-linenum option to prefix each display command output line with a number for easy
identification.
Each line number is displayed as a 5-character string and might be followed by a colon (:) or hyphen (-).
If you specify both | by-linenum and | begin regular-expression for a display command, a hyphen is
displayed for all lines that do not match the regular expression.
To number each output line from a display command:
Task
Number each output line from a display command.
For example:
# Display information about VLAN 999, numbering each output line.
<Sysname> display vlan 999 | by-linenum
"Output controlling
Function
Displays the next screen.
Displays the next line.
Stops the display and cancels the command execution.
Displays the previous page.
Displays the next page.
Command
screen-length disable
keys" to display more information or stop the
Remarks
By default, a session uses the screen-length screen-length
command settings in user line view.
This command is a one-time command and takes effect only
for the current session.
Command
display command | by-linenum
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