Most "industry" CLI use mainly 3 shortcuts in order to trigger CLI completion.
<Tab> character<Space>character<?> character (mostly triggered in conjunction with <shift>)
JunOS CLI enables the 3 of them above which has the benefit of:
- working nicely with reedline
Completer and Menu.
- remove command ambiguity by enforcing complete command syntax at CLI prompt.
-> description handling decided here has to disable <space> completion
IOS-XR/XE enables only [1] and [3] :
- working nicely with reedline
Completer and Menu.
- let the user write incomplete cli command
sh run instead of show running-configuration
-> description handling decided here has to adjust with <space> usage
The command entered needs to be "normalized" during Validation step.
JunOS style seems to be easier (reedline library check needed) to implement (granted that object description case can be easily handled)
Most "industry" CLI use mainly 3 shortcuts in order to trigger CLI completion.
<Tab>character<Space>character<?>character (mostly triggered in conjunction with<shift>)JunOS CLI enables the 3 of them above which has the benefit of:
CompleterandMenu.->
descriptionhandling decided here has to disable<space>completionIOS-XR/XE enables only [1] and [3] :
CompleterandMenu.sh runinstead ofshow running-configuration->
descriptionhandling decided here has to adjust with<space>usageThe command entered needs to be "normalized" during Validation step.
JunOS style seems to be
easier(reedline library check needed) to implement (granted that objectdescriptioncase can be easily handled)