Displaying File Contents; Displaying File Checksums; Saving Command Output To A File; Compressing And Uncompressing Files - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring the Switch
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This example shows how to delete a file from the current working directory:
switch# delete dns_config.cfg
This example deletes the entire bootflash: directory and all its contents:
switch# delete bootflash:my-dir
Caution If you specify a directory, the delete command deletes the entire directory and all its contents.

Displaying File Contents

The show file command displays the contents of a specified file in the file system.
This example displays the contents of a file residing in the current directory:
switch# show file myfile

Displaying File Checksums

The show file command can display checksums which allow you to check the file integrity. It displays
the checksum or MD5 checksum of the specified file.
This example displays the MD5 checksum of a file:
switch# show file bootflash:trunks2.cfg md5sum

Saving Command Output to a File

You can force all screen output to go to a file by appending > filename to any command. For example,
enter show interface > Samplefile at the EXEC mode switch prompt to save the interface configuration
to Samplefile which is a file created at the same directory level. At the EXEC mode switch prompt, enter
a dir command to view all files in this directory, including the recently saved Samplefile.

Compressing and Uncompressing Files

The gzip command compresses (zips) the specified file using LZ77 coding.
This example directs the output of the show tech-support command to a file (Samplefile), and then zips
the file and displays the difference in the space used up in the volatile: directory:
switch# show tech-support > Samplefile
Building Configuration ...
switch# dir
Usage for volatile://
19443712 bytes free
20971520 bytes total
switch# gzip volatile:Samplefile
switch# dir
OL-16597-01
1525859 Jul 04 00:51:03 2003 Samplefile
1527808 bytes used
266069 Jul 04 00:51:03 2003 Samplefile.gz
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