FortiWLC Command Line-Only Commands

Command Line-Only Commands

Many CLI commands have an equivalent functionality in the Web Interface, so you can accomplish a task using either interface. The following lists commands that have no Web Interface functionality.

EXEC Mode Commands

  • configure terminal
  • no history
  • no prompt
  • no terminal length |width
  • help
  • cd
  • copy (including copy running-config startup-config, copy startup-config running-config and all local/remote copy)
  • delete flash: image
  • delete filename
  • dir [dirname]
  • debug
  • disable
  • enable
  • exit
  • quit
  • more (including more running-config, more log-file, more running-script)
  • prompt
  • rename

Command Line-Only Commands

  • terminal history|size|length|width
  • traceroute
  • show history
  • show running-config
  • show terminal

Config Mode Commands

  • do
  • ip username ftp|scp|sftp
  • ip password ftp|scp|sftp
  • show context

Commands that Invoke Applications or Scripts

  • calendar set
  • timezone set|menu
  • date
  • capture-packets
  • analyze-capture
  • debug
  • diagnostics[-controller]
  • ping
  • pwd
  • shutdown controller force
  • reload controller default
  • run
  • setup
  • upgrade
  • downgrade
  • poweroff
  • show calendar
  • show timezones
  • show file systems
  • show memory
  • show cpu-utilization
  • show processes

Command Line-Only Commands

  • show flash
  • show qosflows
  • show scripts
  • show station details
  • show syslog-host
  • show log
  • autochannel
  • rogue-ap log clear
  • telnet
  • syslog-host

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One thought on “FortiWLC Command Line-Only Commands

  1. Roman Ellinger

    Hi,
    i have deleted the default admin user. a technican told me that i will need it for some configuration issues.
    for example: connect ap
    is he right?
    kind regards
    roman

    Reply

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