Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
OL-16599-01
Chapter 1 Basic System Commands
show file
show file
To display the contents of a file on the local memory, use the show file command.
show file [filesystem:] [//server/] [directory] filename
Syntax Description
Note There can be no spaces in the filesystem://server/directory/filename string. Individual elements of this
string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/).
Command Default None
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Examples This example shows how to display the contents of a file:
switch# show file ent-mod.lic
If the file that you want to display is a directory, the command will return an error message:
switch# show file bootflash:///routing-sw
/bin/showfile: /bootflash/routing-sw: Is a directory
Related Commands
filesystem: (Optional) Name of the file system. Valid values are bootflash, modflash,
or volatile.
//server/ (Optional) Name of the server. Valid values are ///, //module-1/, //sup-1/,
//sup-active/, or //sup-local/. The double slash (//) is required.
directory (Optional) Name of a directory. The directory name is case sensitive.
filename Name of the file to delete. The filename is case sensitive.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
cd Changes the current working directory.
dir Displays the directory contents.
pwd Displays the name of the current working directory.