Chapter 1
Basic System Commands
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show running-config diff
To display the differences between the running configuration and the startup configuration, use the show
running-config diff command.
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default
None
Command Modes
EXEC mode
Command History
Release
4.0(0)N1(1a)
Usage Guidelines
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Notation
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––– line1, line2 ––––
*** line1, line2 ****
+ text
– text
! text
Examples
This example shows how to display the difference between the running configuration and the startup
configuration:
switch# show running-config diff
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show running-config diff
Modification
This command was introduced.
describes the notations used in the command output.
show running-config diff Notations
Description
Indicates ranges of lines where differences occur. The range of lines
indicated with asterisks (*) is for the startup configuration and the range
indicated with dashes (–) is for the startup configuration.
Indicates that the line is in the running configuration but is not in the startup
configuration.
Indicates that the line is not in the running configuration but it is in the
startup configuration.
Indicates that line exists in both configurations but in different orders.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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