Concept Guide

UNIX Utility Function
stty
Change the settings of a UNIX computer terminal.
tail
Display the last part of a le.
test
Condition evaluation utility.
ulimit
Get and set process limits.
umask
Set the le creation mode mask.
vmstat
Report virtual memory statistics.
wait
Await process completion.
wc
Word, line, and byte count.
who
Display the users who are currently logged in.
Creating a Username and Password for Smart
Scripting
Before you run a script from the Dell EMC Networking OS CLI, you may want to congure an additional user name and password to use
only to run scripts on a switch.
Use the username and password to log in to a UNIX shell and apply the read-write privileges assigned to the user name when a script runs
with the script command from the Dell EMC Networking OS CLI.
The username is an optional keyword in the script command (see Scheduling Time / Event-based Scripts). To satisfy the requirements
for a UNIX BSD login, the username must be fewer than 16 characters. A username you use to run scripts cannot contain special
characters.
• Create an additional username and password that you use to log in to a shell and apply read-write privileges when you run a script.
CONFIGURATION mode
username name password password
Logging in to a NetBSD UNIX Shell
To log in to the NetBSD UNIX shell on a switch to directly use any of the UNIX commands described in Supported UNIX Utilities or to run a
script, use the start shell command.
You are prompted to enter a user name and password before you can access the shell. Login is performed using SSHv2.
• Access the shell to run UNIX commands or a script (see Running a Script from the UNIX Shell).
EXEC Privilege mode
start shell
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