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Special characters for regular expressions (Continued) TABLE 3
Character Operation
[ ] Square brackets enclose a range of single-character patterns.
For example, the following regular expression matches output that contains "1", "2", "3", "4", or "5":
[1-5]
You can use the following expression symbols within the brackets. These symbols are allowed only
inside the brackets.
• ^ - The caret matches on any characters except the ones in the brackets. For example, the following
regular expression matches output that does not contain "1", "2", "3", "4", or "5":[^1-5]
• - The hyphen separates the beginning and ending of a range of characters. A match occurs if any of
the characters within the range is present. See the example above.
| A vertical bar separates two alternative values or sets of values. The output can match one or the other
value.
For example, the following regular expression matches output that contains either "abc" or "defg":
abc|defg
( ) Parentheses allow you to create complex expressions.
For example, the following complex expression matches on "abc", "abcabc", or "defg", but not on
"abcdefgdefg":
((abc)+)|((defg)?)
If you want to filter for a special character instead of using the special character as described in the
table above, enter "\" (backslash) in front of the character. For example, to filter on output containing
an asterisk, enter the asterisk portion of the regular expression as "\*".
device#show ip route bgp | include \*
Creating an alias for a CLI command
You can create aliases for CLI commands. An alias serves as a shorthand version of a longer CLI
command. For example, you can create an alias called shoro for the CLI command show ip route .
Then when you enter shoro at the command prompt, the show ip route command is issued.
To create an alias called shoro for the CLI command show ip route , enter the alias shoro = show ip
route command.
device(config)#alias shoro = show ip route
Syntax: [no] alias alias-name = cli-command
The alias-name must be a single word, without spaces.
After the alias is configured, entering shoro at either the Privileged EXEC or CONFIG levels of the CLI,
issues the show ip route command.
Enter the command copy running-config with the appropriate parameters to create an alias called
wrsbc .
device(config)#alias wrsbc = copy running-config tftp 10.10.10.10 test.cfg
Creating an alias for a CLI command
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