[asterisk-dev] show vs. list

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 02:34:08PM +0500, Anton wrote:
> Also note that CISCO has 1000 times more commands and that 
> was invented not to complicate life but to make it easier. 
> So short version only works while there is no competing 
> analogie so when you try "sho de" cisco won't proceed 
> since there is 2 alternatives

Tab completion works the same way: if this is the only alternative,
pressing tab will complete it. However I can easily check if there is
such a command without pressing Enter. So no functionality is added.

> "debugging" and "derived-config" so you must than be more 
> specific and do "sho deb" - so there is no second 
> alternative. and svn is not an example for the specific 
> case - since that behaviour is good for CLI while there is 
> a ton of commands. 

Try 'show application 'tab tab' in the Asterisk CLI. Then try 
'show application s' tab tab.


Well, one thing about the CLI: it should not be so hard-coded into
Asterisk.

The completion function is separate. And there is a well-defined
protocol for sending commands and reciving updates. One of those
commands (three of them, actually) allows you to complete commands.

So if you want to offer a better CLI, write one in your favorite
language that connects to /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl .

> BTW is there CLI for svn? :)

It also has tab completion. Its quality depends on the exact bash
programmable completion function you use.

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