load merge a config in cli format

[Manjunath T]

I know that I can load merge a config from a .xml file onto a device config. And the format for that is, 

<devices xmlns="http://tail-f.com/ns/ncs">
    <device>
        <name>{device}</name>
        <config>
            <ip xmlns="urn:ios">
                <name-server xmlns:nc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"
                        nc:operation="delete">
                </name-server>
            </ip>
        </config>
    </device>
</devices>

I want to load merge the same config in cli format from a .txt file. My questions are,
1. Can we do that? (load merge config in cli format onto a device config)
2. If yes, what should be the format of the file? 

commands in cli: (example)

no ip name-server
ip name-server {ip_1}
ip name-server {ip_2}

[Nabsch · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Regarding the first question , yes you can.

Here  an example . You need to do it for a device to find the right command .

admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config)# devices device NETSIM-XE-0 config
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config-config)# no ip name-server
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config-config)# ip name-server 10.10.10.10
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config-config)# ip name-server 11.11.11.11
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config-config)# top
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config)# show configuration
devices device NETSIM-XE-0
 config
  no ip name-server 1.1.1.1
  ip name-server 10.10.10.10
  ip name-server 11.11.11.11
 !
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config)# show configuration | save conf.txt
!

Then you can load it

admin@ncs-run-5.8.10# file show conf.txt
devices device NETSIM-XE-0
 config
  no ip name-server
  ip name-server 10.10.10.10
  ip name-server 11.11.11.11
 !
!
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10# conf
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config)# load merge conf.txt
Loading.
118 bytes parsed in 0.16 sec (728 bytes/sec)
admin@ncs-run-5.8.10(config)# commit dry-run
cli {
    local-node {
        data  devices {
                  device NETSIM-XE-0 {
                      config {
                          ip {
                              name-server {
             -                    name-server-list 1.1.1.1;
             +                    # first
             +                    name-server-list 10.10.10.10;
             +                    name-server-list 11.11.11.11;
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
    }
}

2 - You can use whatever you want as extension but it's better to use .txt or .cli to avoid confusion.