When using the
display
option in the CLI, the information stays on the screen and is updated every 3 seconds, as
occurs with the display using the menu feature. The update is terminated with
Cntl-C
.
You can use the arrow keys to scroll through the screen when the output does not fit in one screen.
Figure 3:
show interfaces display
command with dynamically updating output
Customizing the show interfaces command (CLI)
You can create
show
commands displaying the information that you want to see in any order you want by using
the
custom
option.
Syntax:
show interfaces custom [port-list]
column-list
Select the information that you want to display. Supported columns are shown in the table below.
Table 4: Supported columns, what they display, and examples:
Parameter column
Displays
Examples
port
Port identifier
A2
type
Port type
100/1000T
status
Port status
up or down
speed
Connection speed and duplex
1000FDX
mode
Configured mode
auto, auto-100, 100FDX
mdi
MDI mode
auto, MDIX
flow
Flow control
on or off
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