7.8.1.0 - Force10 Networks

Filtering show Command Outputs
Filter the output of a show command to display specific information by adding | [except | find | grep |
no-more | save] specified_text after the command. The variable specified_text is the text for which you are
filtering, and it is case sensitive, with one exception:
Starting with FTOS 7.8.1.0, the grep option offers an ignore-case sub-option that makes the search
case-insensitive. For example, the commands:
• show run | grep Ethernet returns a search result with instances containing a capitalized
“Ethernet”, such as interface GigabitEthernet 0/0.
• show run | grep ethernet would not return that search result because it only searches for
instances containing a non-capitalized “ethernet”.
Executing the command show run | grep Ethernet ignore-case would return instances
containing both “Ethernet” and “ethernet”.
• grep displays only the lines containing specified text. Figure 9 shows this command used in
combination with the command show linecard all.
Figure 9 Filtering Command Outputs with the grep Command
Force10(conf)#do show linecard all | grep 0
0 not present
Note: FTOS accepts a space or no space before and after the pipe. To filter on a phrase with spaces,
underscores, or ranges, enclose the phrase with double quotation marks.
• except displays text that does not match the specified text. Figure 10 shows this command used in
combination with the command show linecard all.
Figure 10 Filtering Command Outputs with the except Command
Force10#show linecard all | except 0
-- Line cards --
Slot Status NxtBoot ReqTyp CurTyp Version Ports
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 not present
3 not present
4 not present
5 not present
6 not present
• find displays the output of the show command beginning from the first occurrence of specified text
Figure 11 shows this command used in combination with the command show linecard all.
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