Reference Guide

Configuration Fundamentals | 9
Command History
FTOS maintains a history of previously-entered commands for each mode. For example:
When you are in EXEC mode, the UP and DOWN arrow keys display the previously-entered EXEC
mode commands.
When you are in CONFIGURATION mode, the UP or DOWN arrows keys recall the
previously-entered CONFIGURATION mode commands.
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.
The
grep command accepts an ignore-case sub-option that forces the search to be case-insensitive. For
example, the commands:
show run | grep Ethernet returns a search result with instances containing a capitalized “Ethernet,” such
as interface TenGigabitEthernet 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
show run | grep Ethernet ignore-case command would return instances containing both
“Ethernet” and “ethernet.”
grep displays only the lines containing specified text. The following example shows this command
used in combination with the
do show stack-unit all stack-ports pfc details | grep 0 command.
CNTL-P Recalls commands, beginning with the last command.
CNTL-R Re-enters the previous command.
CNTL-U Deletes the line.
CNTL-W Deletes the previous word.
CNTL-X Deletes the line.
CNTL-Z Ends continuous scrolling of command outputs.
Esc B Moves the cursor back one word.
Esc
F Moves the cursor forward one word.
Esc
D Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the word.
Table 2-2. Short-Cut Keys and their Actions (continued)
Key Combination Action