Users Guide

Advanced CLI tasks
Command alias Provides information to create shortcuts for commonly used commands, see Command alias.
Batch mode Provides information to run a batch file to execute multiple commands, see Batch mode.
Linux shell
commands
Provides information to run commands from the Linux shell, see Linux shell commands.
OS9 commands Provides information to enter configuration commands using an OS9 command syntax, see Using OS9
commands.
Command alias
To create shortcuts for commonly used or long commands, use the alias command. A command alias executes long
commands with parameters.
● To create a command alias that is persistent and available in other OS10 sessions, create the alias in CONFIGURATION
mode.
● To create a command alias that is non-persistent and is used only in the current OS10 session, create the alias in EXEC
mode. After you close the session, the alias is removed from the switch.
● Create a command alias in EXEC or CONFIGURATION mode.
alias alias-name alias-value
○ The alias-name is case-sensitive and has a maximum of 20 characters. It does not support existing keywords,
parameters, and short form of keywords.
○ The alias-value is the CLI command executed by the alias name. To enter command parameters, enter $n, where n
is a number from 1 to 9 or an asterisk (*). Enter $* to enter up to nine parameters with the alias name.
○ You cannot create a shortcut for the alias command.
○ To delete an alias, use the no alias alias-name command.
○ To view the currently configured aliases, use the show alias [brief | detail] command.
Create an alias
OS10# alias showint "show interface $*"
OS10(config)# alias goint "interface ethernet $1"
View alias output for showint
OS10# showint status
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Port Description Status Speed Duplex Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans
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Eth 1/1/1 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/2 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/3 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/4 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/5 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/6 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/7 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/8 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/9 up 40G A 1 -
Eth 1/1/10 up 40G A 1 -
...
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