Executing SLX-OS commands from the Linux shell

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.

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

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.

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)#