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Joe Harris, CCIE No. 6200 (R&S, Security & SP) is a Systems Engineer with Cisco Systems® specializing in Security. In addition to authoring Cisco Network Security Little Black Book, Joe has also been a technical reviewer for several Cisco Press publications and written articles, white papers, and presentations on various security technologies. He also assists various Certification Partners by beta testing their newest CCIE certification workbooks and has been recognized by Cisco as an SE Wall of Fame award winner.

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How to disable the —more— prompt

From time to time I get asked, “how do I get the PIX/ASA to stop producing the —more— prompt to me and how can I break out of a command?” well the answer is actually quote simple…If the ASA displays the more prompt and you want it to go away simple type:

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You can also ‘break out’ of a command by simply hitting the ‘q’ key. Check out the demo I created below to see it done on an actual ASA unit.

 
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