Using the Pipe ( | ) Symbol When Entering Commands
You can filter output by adding the
| (
pipe) symbol when you enter a command. For example, you can use the pipe symbol aftershow configuration
:user@host>show configuration ?
Possible completions:<[Enter]> Execute this command> interfaces Interfaces on the SDX platform> policies Policy configuration> redirect-server Redirect server properties> routing-options Protocol-independent routing option configuration> services Service configuration> shared Shared configuration> slot Component configuration> snmp SNMP agent> subscribers Subscriber and subscription configuration> system System parameters| Pipe through a commandThe following example lists the filters that can be used with the pipe symbol:
user@host>show configuration | ?
Possible completions:count Count occurrencesdisplay Show additional kinds of informationexcept Show only text that does not match a patternfind Search for first occurrence of the patternlast Display end of output onlymatch Show only text that does match a patternno-more Do not paginate outputsave Save output text to fileYou can enter any of the pipe filters in conjunction. For example:
user@host> command |match
regular-expression |save
filename
See Pipe Filter Functions for a description of each type of filter.