The following special characters are used in the command-line
interface (CLI) command examples.
- minus (-) sign
- Flags are prefixed with a - (minus) sign. Flags
define the action of a command or modify the operation of a command.
You can use multiple flags, followed by parameters, when you issue
a command. The - character cannot be used as the
first character of an object name.
- vertical bar (|)
- A vertical bar signifies that you choose only one value. For example, [
a | b ] in brackets indicates that you can choose a, b,
or nothing. Similarly, { a | b } in braces indicates
that you must choose either a or b.
- delimiters (: or , or !)
- Delimiters are used to delimit items listed after issuing an information
command.
- Colon (:) is used to delimit items in a list
in a command (for example mkhost -name myhost -hbawwpn AA22000011112222:AA22000011112223).
- Comma (,) is used to delimit items in a list
in a command if item values can contain a colon.
- Exclamation mark (!) is used to delimit items
in a command if the item values can contain a colon or comma. Exclamation
points generally do not show up in example output and are a good delimiter
to use.