Reference Guide

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To view a list of files on the internal or external Flash:
The output of the command
dir also shows the read/write privileges, size (in bytes), and date of
modification for each file, as shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5. Viewing a List of Files in the Internal Flash
To view the contents of a file:
View Configuration Files
Configuration files have three commented lines at the beginning of the file, as shown in Figure 3-6, to help
you track the last time any user made a change to the file, which user made the changes, and when the file
was last saved to the startup-configuration.
In the running-configuration file, if there is a difference between the timestamp on the “Last configuration
change,” and “Startup-config last updated,” then you have made changes that have not been saved and will
not be preserved upon a system reboot.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 View a list of files on:
EXEC Privilegethe internal flash of an RPM
dir flash:
the external flash of an RPM
dir slot:
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1View the:
EXEC Privilege
contents of a file in the internal flash of
an RPM
show file rpm{0|1}flash://filename
contents of a file in the external flash
of an RPM
show file rpm{0|1}slot0://filename
running-configuration
show running-config
startup-configuration
show startup-config