terminal

Configures screen length and timeout settings for a terminal.

Syntax

terminal [ length lines | no length | timeout seconds | no timeout]

length lines: Specifies the number of lines on the screen.
no length: Resets the length to the default value of 24 lines.
timeout seconds: Specifies the number of seconds that the CLI waits for input before timing out.
no timeout: Sets the timeout to the default value.

Exec mode

This command is available only to users with the admin role.

The following examples show how to set the timeout and length parameters.

device# terminal timeout 2148
device# terminal length 512