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38 Meru Radio Switch RS4000 Reference Guide
format
Formats the output of the show command.
Syntax format {clipretty | cliplain | clitable}
Usage Use this command to format the output of the show command. Each of the keywords formats
the output differently and are used to accommodate how the output is used.
Typically, the clitable keyword is used for the standard table view of output information. The
keywords cliplain and clipretty may be used if the output will be used as input to another
process.
Examples The following shows how the same output is presented using the three keywords:
meru-ap# format clitable
meru_ap# show wif
[radio1-1]
ESSID : cwon-testap
Operational Mode : 11a
Rate : auto
Channel : 36
Short Preamble : disable
Tx Power : 30
ESS Vlan Tag : 0
DTIM Period : 1
Publish ESSID : disable
Beacon Interval : 100
Rekey Period : 300
Re-authentication Period : 3600
Key Length : wep128
Security Mode : WEP
Transmission Key Index : 1
Wep Security Mode : shared
WEP Key1 : **************
WEP Key2 : **************
WEP Key3 : **************
WEP Key4 : **************
clipretty Formats output with some amount of white space separation.
cliplain Formats output with very little white space separation.
clitable Formats output with white space separation that facilitates
readability.