Users Guide

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 unless you use the

ignore-case sub-option.

Starting with Dell Networking OS version 7.8.1.0, the grep command accepts an ignore-case sub-option

that forces the search to case-insensitive. For example, the commands:

• show run | grep Ethernet returns a search result with instances containing a capitalized

“Ethernet,” such as

interface GigabitEthernet 1/1.

• show run | grep ethernet does not return that search result because it only searches for instances

containing a non-capitalized “ethernet.”

• show run | grep Ethernet ignore-case returns instances containing both “Ethernet” and

“ethernet.”

The grep command displays only the lines containing specified text. The following example shows this

command used in combination with the show system brief command.

Example of the grep Keyword

Dell(conf)#do show system brief | grep 0

0 not present

NOTE: Dell Networking OS accepts a space or no space before and after the pipe. To filter a phrase with

spaces, underscores, or ranges, enclose the phrase with double quotation marks.

The except keyword displays text that does not match the specified text. The following example shows this

command used in combination with the show system brief command.

Example of the except Keyword

Dell#show system brief | except 1

Stack MAC : 4c:76:25:e5:49:40

Reload-Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]

The find keyword displays the output of the show command beginning from the first occurrence of

specified text. The following example shows this command used in combination with the

show system

brief command.

Example of the find Keyword

Dell#show system brief | find 0

2 Management online S3124 S3124 9-8(2-65)

3 Member not present

4 Member not present

5 Member not present

6 Member not present

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