Below is a list of character names and descriptions.
CAUTION: Limitations are in place to prevent utilization of specific special characters in URLs and user input fields throughout the CLI.
The following special characters are not allowed in any user input fields: &, \<, \>, \n, \r, \t, \', and " ".
As well, the following special characters are not allowed in the URL input: \<, \>, \n, \r, \t.
Character Names
| Command Name | Description |
|---|---|
| {} | Matches one in the set. |
| [] | Optionally matches one in the set. |
| * | Repeat 0 or more times. |
| + | Repeat 1 or more times. |
| - | Matches one in the range. |
| | | Separates options in a set. |
| \ | Escape a meta-character. |
| _ | Single space character. |
| <> | Syntax variable, as described in the table below. |
Variable Names
| Command Name | Description |
|---|---|
| <command> | <command-name> <command-modifier>* [[<target>] <attribute-specifier>*] |
| <attribute-specifier> | <attribute-name> <attribute-value-list> |
| <attribute-value_list> | <attribute-value> [, <attribute-value-list>] |
| <command-name> | <key-word> |
| <attribute-name> | <key-word> |
| <attribute-value> | {<key-word> | <number> | <string>} |
| <key-word> | {a-z} [{a-z} | {0-9} | {-}]* |
| <string> | {<characters> | <quoted-string>} |
| <quoted-string> | {"} <characters> [[ _ | <characters>]* <characters>] {"} |
| <characters> | {a-z | A-Z} [{a-z | A-Z | 0-9 | : | ! | $ | % | ^ | & | -}]* |
| <number> | <decimal> | <hexadecimal> |
| <decimal> | {0-9}+ |
| <hexadecimal> | 0{x | X}{0-9 | a-f | A-F } [0-9 | a-f | A-F]* |
| <ip-addr> | <0-255>.<0-255>.<0-255>.<0-255> |
| <mac-addr> | <0-FF>:<0-FF>:<0-FF>:<0-FF>:<0-FF>:<0-FF> |
| <port> | <0-65535> |
| <ipv6-addr> | <0-FFFF>[:<0-FFFF>]+[:<0-FFFF> | :] |
| <ipv6-prefixLen> | <0-128> |
| <url> | <dns-name>[:<port>]/[<path>]<file-name> |
| <path> | {<string>/}+ |
| <file-name> | <string> |
| <dns-name> | <string>[.<string>]+ |
| <port-name> | <string> |
| <connector-name> | <string> |
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