Enhanced context-based command line interface auto-completion using multiple command matching conditions

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a network security device, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• receiving input text entered by a user via a command line interface (CLI) console associated with the network security device;
• splitting the input text into a command portion and an argument portion;
• determining a presumed command phrase of a command set by:
• for each command phrase of a plurality of command phrases of the command set, calculating a command match score for the command phrase with respect to the command portion based on a plurality of command matching conditions;
• and
• setting the presumed command phrase to a command phrase for which the command match score is indicative of a best match to the command portion;
• determining a list of auto-complete suggestions by matching the argument portion with a plurality of argument keywords in the command set for the presumed command phrase based on a matching condition;
• calculating a score for each auto-complete suggestion in the list of auto-complete suggestions based on at least one priority weighting factor;
• sorting the list of auto-complete suggestions based on their respective scores;
• and
• displaying at least one of the sorted auto-complete suggestions on the CLI console.

A network security device comprising:

• a processing resource;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, coupled to the processing resource, having stored therein instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the processing resource to perform a method comprising:
• receiving input text entered by a user via a command line interface (CLI) console associated with the network security device;
• splitting the input text into a command portion and an argument portion;
• determining a presumed command phrase of a command set by:
• for each command phrase of a plurality of command phrases of the command set, calculating a command match score for the command phrase with respect to the command portion based on a plurality of command matching conditions;
• and
• setting the presumed command phrase to a command phrase for which the command match score is indicative of a best match to the command portion;
• determining a list of auto-complete suggestions by matching the argument portion with a plurality of argument keywords in the command set for the presumed command phrase based on a matching condition;
• calculating a score for each auto-complete suggestion in the list of auto-complete suggestions based on at least one priority weighting factor;
• sorting the list of auto-complete suggestions based on their respective scores;
• and
• displaying at least one of the sorted auto-complete suggestions on the CLI console.