Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual
Using the CLI
Customizing the Screen Display
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide
March 2005
page 5-19
Filtering Table Information
The CLI allows you to define filters for displaying table information. This is useful in cases where a vast
amount of display data exists but you are interested in only a small subset of that data. Commands show-
ing routing tables are a good example for when you might want to filter information. You can specify a
filter that identifies the data that are relevant to your search. The switch will then display the information
you identified. This saves you the trouble of scanning long lists of data unnecessarily.
amount of display data exists but you are interested in only a small subset of that data. Commands show-
ing routing tables are a good example for when you might want to filter information. You can specify a
filter that identifies the data that are relevant to your search. The switch will then display the information
you identified. This saves you the trouble of scanning long lists of data unnecessarily.
The filter mode filters unwanted information from a CLI table by displaying only those lines containing a
specified text pattern (up to 80 characters). Once the filter command has been executed, the filter mode
remains active until you reach the end of the CLI table or until you exit the table by using the q command.
specified text pattern (up to 80 characters). Once the filter command has been executed, the filter mode
remains active until you reach the end of the CLI table or until you exit the table by using the q command.
The filter command is case sensitive. When using the slash (/) command, you must type the text exactly as
it would appear in the CLI table.
it would appear in the CLI table.
For additional information about filtering, refer to