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start shell

date_range 19-Nov-23

Syntax

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start shell (csh | sh) 
<user username>

Exit from the CLI environment and create a UNIX-level shell. To return to the CLI, type exit from the shell.

Juniper Networks does not provide support for operations in the shell.

Note:

To issue this command, the user must have the required login access privileges configured by including the permissions statement at the [edit system login class class-name] hierarchy level.
UNIX wheel group membership or permissions are no longer required to issue this command.

csh	Create a UNIX C shell.
sh	Create a UNIX Bourne shell.
user `username`	(Optional) Start the shell as another user.

When you are in the shell, the shell prompt has the following format:

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username@hostname%

An example of the prompt is:

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root@host%

shell or maintenance

When you enter this command, you are provided feedback on the status of your request.

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user@host> start shell csh              
% 

exit
% 

username@hostname% start shell sh 
% 

exit
user@host> 

Command introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

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