CLI Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

Case sensitivity
Getting started with the WatchGuard CLI
Commands, command arguments and keywords in the
WatchGuard CLI are not case sensitive. For example, show
policy is equivalent to SHow POLicy.
NOTE
Object name strings are case sensitive. Typing the address
group name (string) “EveryBody_on_NET_A” is not the
same as typing “everybody_on_net_a”! This covers all text
strings, whether enclosed in quotes or not.
Extending command lines
Long command lines can be continued onto the next line of
a terminal display by typing the backslash character (\) at
the end of the command line, similar to the use of the backslash
character in C programming syntax. This permits you
to type more information (parameters) without breaking
the continuity of the entire command.
In the following example of a progression of four commands,
the backslash character typed (\) right before the
in the last command line enables the administrator
to continue the contents of that command line onto the
next line:
WG#
WG#configure
WG(config)#cert
WG(config-cert)#req cert –com WatchGuard –
cou US \
-dns rs101.WatchGuard.com –key {rsa 1024
both}
Typing arguments in a command
Be sure to type a "-" (hyphen) before any arguments, or the
CLI will ignore and omit that argument’s condition.
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