Vitaly left a comment on a blog post with a clever IOS CLI Regex tip. I though I would pick that apart as an exercise.
Cisco Nexus NXOS and Fixing Broken “Switchto” Syntax With Alias
Why does Nexus NXOS use ‘switchto’ instead of ‘changeto’ for the CLI ?
Show Ip Eigrp Topology All
Once upon a time the command was “show ip eigrp topology” to show EIGRP topology, now it’s “show ip eigrp topology all” and the old command show only Feasible Successors.
Cisco IOS CLI Shortcuts
Mostly for my own reference. I really need to practice using the Delete Buffer commands and Ctrl-R Refesh as part of my muscle memory.
The Poor Man’s IOS Traffic Generator
This is a feature that I used to use years ago, but had forgotten about. For some reason, I remembered it today and it is still as useful as it ever was. Read on…
IOS: “Terminal Monitor” On, Off – Logging to Your Terminal
I get asked this question just often enough to post an article. When you have enabled ‘term mon’, how do you turn it off ? How can you tell it’s working ? And so on.
IOS: Console, Terminal, Monitor, VTY – What Is What ?
Sometimes when I talking with other engineers about connecting a console or terminal to a router, they don’t use the right terms. So, here is an article that covers the conventions for the terms console, monitor and terminal.
IOS: Clearing an Interface Configuration
You need to clear an interface in IOS but there are a load of configuration elements there. Once command can clear the lot.
IOS: Setting Terminal Window Length
Why does IOS always make you press the ‘more’ key all the time when displaying configs ?

