topic RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ? in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

M_Nees — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:33:00 GMT

Is it possible to create command shortcuts for commands which are often used or cumbersome to type in ? Like other major vendors "alias exec scn show cdp neighbor" ?
I guess with recent XOS the scripting feature should make this possible.

If someone use this - it is very welcome.

Regards

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

StephenW — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:42:00 GMT

You can do it in python or cli scripting , but you would still need to type "load script cdp" to execute the command if the script file was cdp.py or cdp.xsf

Is that what your looking for?

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

M_Nees — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

OK. Scripting will help me with long commands. Is it possible to commit parameter to the script ?

And what about when i will create a shortcut for fewer command typing ? Like for example "sln" for show lldp neighbors ?

Regards

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

BrandonC — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Hi Matthias,

You can pass CLI arguments to scripts. You can find an example of this with a Python script here:
https://github.com/extremenetworks/ExtremeScripting/blob/master/EXOS/Python/watch/watch.py

-Brandon

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

Frank — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:52:00 GMT

Something like that would definitely be a "nice to have"; I could alias "save" to "wr" for my cisco-centric cow-orkers 🙂

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

M_Nees — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:11:00 GMT

Review after 2 years!

Since EXOS V22.3 we have the needed command:

https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/exos_22.4/exos_21_1/exos_commands_all/r_alias.shtml

Regards

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

Drew_C — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:11:00 GMT

Completely forgot about this topic. Glad you found it and brought it back to life 🙂

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

Dave_Hammers — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:41:00 GMT

EXOS 22.3 and later can store commands like 'alias' in a exshrc.xsf script on a switch. This script is run after a successful login, Similar concept to the linux .bashrc file after a linux login.

This is a way to make aliases available to any login by storing the alias commands in this file.

exshrc.xsf is stored in /usr/local/cfg

Because this is a .xsf file and follows the EXOS .xsf scripting rules, the exshrc.xsf file can be any script you would like to run after a login is successful.

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

M_Nees — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:41:00 GMT

Hi Dave,

that is a very very interesting advice not only regarding to aliases.
There a lot of possible use cases.

(This works well ...)

Thanks for emphasing that!

Regards,
Matthias

RE: XOS: How to create CLI aliases / shortcuts ?

Drew_C — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:19:00 GMT

I was asked to come up with some other use cases for exshrc.xsf besides aliases.

I could see this being use for setting session-specific variables.
disable clipaging and configure cli are good examples.

What other ideas does the community have?