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Macro Commands

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A macro can contain up to three keywords.

All matching occurrences of the keyword are replaced by the

corresponding value specified in macro.

Keyword matching is case-sensitive

Applying a macro with keywords does not change the state of the original

macro definition.

User Feedback

The behavior of a macro command requiring user feedback is the same as if the

command is entered from terminal: it sends its prompt to the terminal and accepts

the user reply.

Creating a Macro

Use the following guidelines to create a macro:

Use macro name to create the macro with the specified name.

Enter one macro command per line.

Use the @ character to end the macro.

Use the # character at the beginning of a line to enter a comment in the

In addition, # is used to identify certain preprocessor commands that can

only be used within a macro. There are two possible preprocessor

#macro key description - Each macro can be configured with up to 3

keyword/description pairs. The keywords and descriptions are

displayed in the GUI pages when the macro is displayed.

The syntax for this preprocessor command is as follows:

#macro key description $

$keyword3 description3

A keyword must be prefixed with '$'.

#macro keywords - This instruction enables the device to display the

keywords as part of the CLI help. It accepts up to 3 keywords. The

command creates a CLI help string with the keywords for the macro. The

help string will be displayed if help on the macro is requested from the

specified in the command as the parameter names for the macro. See

keyword1 description1 $keyword2 description2

macro global

commands. The GUI also uses the keywords