Reference Guide

User Interface Commands 63
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Follow this command with one or more blank spaces and a delimiting
character of your choice. Then enter one or more lines of text, terminating
the message with the second occurrence of the delimiting character.
Use tokens in the form of $(token) in the message text to customize the
banner. The tokens are described in the table below:
Use the no banner exec Line Configuration command to disable the Exec
banner on a particular line or lines.
Example
The following example sets an EXEC banner that uses tokens. The percent
sign (%) is used as a delimiting character. Note that the $(token) syntax is
replaced by the corresponding configuration variable.
console(config)# banner exec %
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '%'.
$(bold)Session activated.$(bold) Enter commands at the prompt.
%
When a user logs on to the system, the following output is
displayed:
Session activated. Enter commands at the prompt.
Token Information Displayed in the Banner
$(hostname) Displays the host name for the device.
$(domain) Displays the domain name for the device.
$(bold) Indicates that the next text is a bold text. Using this
token again indicates the end of the bold text.
$(inverse) Indicates that the next text is an inverse text. Using this
token again indicates the end of the inverse text.
$(contact) Displays the system contact string.
$(location) Displays the system location string.
$(mac-address) Displays the base MAC address of the device.