Cisco IOS CLI Regex: Sh Ip Bgp In

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.

IOS CLI Tip: More Accurate Pipe Commands

Quick tip for m

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 ?