Reference Guide

42 | Configuration Fundamentals
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• 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. The following example shows this command
used in combination with the command
show linecard all.
FTOS(conf)#do show linecard all | grep 0
0 not present
• except displays text that does not match the specified text. The following example shows this
command used in combination with the command
show linecard all.
FTOS#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
• The following example shows the grep command used with the show system command on an
S4810 or S4820T:
FTOS(conf)#do show system brief | grep 10
10 Member not present
FTOS(conf)#do show system brief | except 10
Stack MAC : 00:01:e8:8b:5d:b9
Reload-Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]
-- Stack Info --
Unit UnitType Status ReqTyp CurTyp Version Ports
---------------------------------------------------------------
0 Management online S4820 S4820 2D2-1-0-0-70 64
1 Member not present
2 Member not present
3 Member not present
4 Member not present
5 Member 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.