diff --git a/cli/util/parseCmd.go b/cli/util/parseCmd.go
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+/*
+   * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   * limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func Test(chars string, values []string) ([]string, string) {
+
+	var ret []string
+	for i := 0; i < len(values); i++ {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(values[i], chars) {
+			ret = append(ret, values[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		return ret, ""
+	}
+	shortIndex := 0
+	if len(ret) > 1 {
+		for i := 0; i < len(ret); i++ {
+			if len(ret[i]) < len(ret[shortIndex]) {
+				shortIndex = i
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for i := len(chars); i < len(ret[shortIndex]); i++ {
+		inAllWords := true
+		for j := 0; j < len(ret); j++ {
+			inAllWords = inAllWords && ret[j][i] == ret[shortIndex][i]
+		}
+		if inAllWords {
+			chars += string(ret[shortIndex][i])
+		} else {
+			return ret, chars
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return ret, chars
+}
+
+func Route(command string, table map[string]func(bool), enterPressed bool) {
+	cmd := table[command]
+	cmd(enterPressed)
+
+}
+
+func Exit(notUsed bool) {
+	os.Exit(0)
+}