Troubleshooting

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Pattern Matching When Using the Show Command

The pattern matching option with the show command provides the ability to do searches for specific text. Selected portions of the output are displayed depending on the parameters chosen.

Syntax: show <command option> <include exclude begin > <regular expression>

Use matching pattern searches to display selected portions of the output from a show command. There is no limit to the number of characters that can be matched. Only regular expressions are permitted; symbols such as the asterisk cannot be substituted to perform more general matching.

include Only the lines that contain the matching pattern are displayed in the output.

exclude: Only the lines that contain the matching pattern are not displayed in the output.

begin: The display of the output begins with the line that contains the matching pattern.

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Pattern matching is case-sensitive.

 

 

 

Below are examples of what portions of the running config file display

 

 

depending on the option chosen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProCurve(config)# show run include ipv6

 

 

 

ipv6 enable

 

 

 

 

ipv6 enable

 

 

 

Displays only lines that contain “ipv6”.

 

 

 

ipv6 access-list "EH-01"

 

 

 

 

ProCurve(config)#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure C-20. Example of Pattern Matching with Include Option

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