Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

show — command

Synopsis

show parameters

Description

The show commands are extremely helpful when configuring or debugging a router. Just about anything you want to know about the router’s configuration or state can be found with a show command. Table 17-21 summarizes the common show commands.

Table 17-21. Common show commands

Command	Subcommand	Displays
show access-lists [acl]		All access lists. If you give an access list number, this command displays that particular list.
show accounting		All the accounting information on the system.
show adjacency		CEF adjacency table.
show aliases [mode]		All aliases that have been defined for commands. If you provide the name of a mode, this command only displays the aliases for that mode. Use ? to see the list of acceptable modes. Aliases are created with the alias command.
show arp		The router’s ARP table.
show async	bootp	BOOTP parameters for an asynchronous interface.
	status	Status of the asynchronous interfaces.
show atm	accounting	ATM accounting information.
	addresses	Active ATM addresses.
	arp-server	ATM ARP server table.
	bundle	Attributes assigned to each bundle’s virtual circuit.
	connection-traffic-table	ATM connection traffic parameters.
	filter-expr	ATM filter expressions.
	filter-set	ATM filter sets.
	ilmi-configuration	ILMI configuration information.
	ilmi-status	ILMI status information.
	interface	ATM information relative to an interface.
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