cli

Description

Use the cli command to configure CLI shell options.

Syntax

cli clear-history

cli default allow-all-show {enable | disable}

cli default auto-logout <number of minutes>
no cli default auto-logout

cli session auto-logout <number of minutes>
no cli session auto-logout

cli session paging enable
no cli session paging enable

cli session terminal length <number of lines>

cli session terminal type {xterm | ansi | vt100}
no cli session terminal type

cli session terminal width <number of characters>

Arguments

clear-history	Clears the current user’s command history.
default allow-all-show {enable | disable}	When enabled, allows the user to view all possible show commands. When disabled, the commands a user can see are based on privilege level.
default auto-logout <number of minutes>	Configures—for all future sessions—the amount of time for keyboard inactivity before automatically logging out a user. The default auto-logout setting is 15 minutes. Use the no form of this command to prevent users from being automatically logged out because of keyboard inactivity.
session auto-logout <number of minutes>	Configures—for this session only—how long the keyboard can be inactive before automatically logging out a user. Use the no form of this command to prevent users from being automatically logged out because of keyboard inactivity.
session paging enable	Configures—for this session only—the ability to view text one screen at a time. Paging is enabled, by default. Use the no form of this command to prevent parsing of text into individual, sequential screens.
session terminal length <number of lines>	Sets—for this session only—the number of lines of text for this terminal. The default terminal length is 24 rows.
session terminal type {xterm | ansi | vt100}	Sets—for this session only—the terminal type: • xterm – Sets terminal type to xterm. • ansi – Sets terminal type to ANSI. • vt100 – Sets terminal type to VT100. The default type is xterm. Use the no form of the command to clear the terminal type.
session terminal width <number of characters>	Sets—for this session only—the maximum number of characters in a line.

Defaults

n	The default auto-logout setting is 15 minutes.

n	Paging is enabled, by default.

n	The default terminal length is 24 rows.

n	The default terminal type is xterm.

n	The default number of characters per line is 80.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

Privileged EXEC Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See “show cli”.

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

To set 1.5 hours as the maximum time a session will last without keyboard activity, for this session only:

(config) # cli session auto-logout 75

To set the number of lines of text per page to 30 rows:

(config) # cli session terminal length 30

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