Executing SLX-OS commands from the Linux shell

From the SLXVM Linux shell, you can execute a single SLX-OS command or a file that contains a series of such commands.

1. To execute an SLX-OS command, enter the Linux cli_run -c command.
   

   [admUser@SLX]# cli_run -c "show ip interface brief" | grep Port-channel > /tmp/interface

   In the previous example, the output of show ip interface brief is redirected to the /tmp/interface file.
2. Display the contents of the file to verify the redirection.
   

   [admUser@SLX]# cat /tmp/interface
   Port-channel 1         unassigned         administratively down     down
   Port-channel 2         unassigned         administratively down     down

3. To execute a file containing multiple SLX-OS commands, enter the Linux cli_run -f command.
   

   [admUser@SLX]# cli_run -f /tmp/slxcli_cmd_file > /tmp/newfile

   In this example, slxcli_cmd_file contains the following commands:

   

   [admUser@SLX]# cat /tmp/slxcli_cmd_file
   show ssh server status
   conf t
   router bgp
   local-as 23
   capability as4-enable
   

   

   Note

   Make sure that each command is on a new line.
4. Display the contents of the target file to verify that it contains the redirected output.
   

   [admUser@SLX]# cat /tmp/newfile
   Welcome to the Extreme SLX-OS Software
   admin connected from 127.0.0.1 using console on SLX
   SLX# show ssh server status | nomore
   VRF-Name: mgmt-vrf      Status: Enabled
   VRF-Name: default-vrf   Status: Enabled
   device# conf t
   Entering configuration mode terminal
   Current configuration users:
   admin console (cli from 10.70.4.183) on since 2017-01-31 05:49:59 terminal mode
   device(config)# router bgp
   device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 23
   device(config-bgp-router)# capability as4-enable
   device(config-bgp-router)#