I just got access to cisco switch which was configured strange enough. It show me two additional show commands (part of) before output of each show command. Here is an example:
cat1#sh ver Load for five secs: 4%/0%; one minute: 4%; five minutes: 4% No time source, *22:06:56.646 UTC Sat May 22 1993 Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C2970 Software (C2970-I6L2-M), Version 12.1(19)EA1d, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 05-Apr-04 20:42 by antonino Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x006A5954 ROM: Bootstrap program is C2970 boot loader BOOTLDR: C2970 Boot Loader (C2970-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(14r)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) cat1 uptime is 11 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes System returned to ROM by power-on System image file is "flash:/c2970-i6l2-mz.121-19.EA1d/c2970-i6l2-mz.121-19.EA1d.bin" cisco WS-C2970G-24TS-E (PowerPC405) processor (revision F0) with 118776K/12288K bytes of memory. Processor board ID CSG0848P0MN Last reset from power-on 3 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) 28 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) The password-recovery mechanism is enabled. 512K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory. Base ethernet MAC Address : 00:12:80:F2:85:00 Motherboard assembly number : 73-9095-05 Power supply part number : 341-0045-01 Motherboard serial number : CAT084801E7 Power supply serial number : PHI082300TB Model revision number : F0 Motherboard revision number : A0 Model number : WS-C2970G-24TS-E System serial number : CSG0848P0MN Top Assembly Part Number : 800-24261-02 Top Assembly Revision Number : B0 Hardware Board Revision Number : 0x02 Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image ------ ----- ----- ---------- ---------- * 1 28 WS-C2970G-24TS-E 12.1(19)EA1d C2970-I6L2-M You can easily figure out what I am talking about.(first two lines) Just wondering , how it can be ? and how I can configure such behavior ? I thought , may be it some game with aliases, but it still not clear for me.. sh run | i alias alias interface x do alias interface wr do wr alias interface e end alias interface sh sh t alias interface ns o shut alias configure x do alias configure sv s o ver | i IO alias configure wg do wr alias configure srb do sho runn | b alias configure e sr do sho runn alias configure sri do sho runn | i alias configure sb do sho ip int brie alias configure ae alias exec alias exec ct conf t alias exec sr sho runn alias exec sri sho runn | i alias exec srb sho runn | b d m G t alias exec srs sho runn | s W alias exec sb sho ip int brie alias exec e logo alias exec sv sho ver | i IOS alias exec sl sho log alias exec sli sho og | i alias exec scb sho cdp nei det | i ^Lo|^Ti|^Dev|^ _IP a|^ nt|IOS|^Nat|^--- alias exec sir sho ip route alias exec cl cle log alias exec spc sho proc c alias exec spcb sho proc c | e [0-9]__0\.00 n alias exec sa sho arp alias exec srr sho int | i ^[A-Z]|rate_[1-9] alias exec urpf sho ip int | i ^[A-Z,Loa,Tim]|_verif alias exec sai sho arp | i ^[Loa,Tim,Pro,^_.*$]| alias exec sal sho a cess-l _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/