How many sections in running-config command

[banoosh]

Hi community,

i would like to ask when i run show running command in either switch or router, what are all the sections that i can search for it?

[Flavio Miranda]

@banoosh 

 Can you try to ask differently?

What do you mean by section? Have an example? 

[banoosh]

Show running-config | section …….

[Flavio Miranda]

Got It. 

This is a filter to parcing inside the device output. There Will be no fix value for Section. It Will depend on How you use It. For example 

Router# show running-config | section include interface

 Like any filter It Will depend on what you are looking for. 

[Joseph W. Doherty]

I believe the section command will match against any config statement that matches its argument and then include anything indented under it.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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@Joseph W. Doherty wrote:

I believe the section command will match against any config statement that matches its argument and then include anything indented under it.

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From a couple of recent replies, possibly my prior reply wasn't understood.

The "section" option only appears to "care" about what I mentioned previously, i.e. it matches its argument line, and includes any configuration lines indented underneath it.  To make it clear, in CML, for an IOS router, I added to the config the following:

policy-map x
 class class-default
  fair-queue
  random-detect
policy-map y
 class class-default
   service-policy x

 I chose to use policy map, as they have two indentation levels.

nserthostname-here#sh run | section map  
policy-map x
 class class-default
  fair-queue
  random-detect
policy-map y
 class class-default
   service-policy x

inserthostname-here#sh run | section default
 class class-default
  fair-queue
  random-detect
 class class-default
   service-policy x

inserthostname-here#sh run | section x      
policy-map x
 class class-default
  fair-queue
  random-detect
   service-policy x
 duplex auto
 duplex auto
 duplex auto
 duplex auto
banner exec ^C
* purposes is expressly prohibited except as otherwise authorized by     *
* purposes is expressly prohibited except as otherwise authorized by     *
* purposes is expressly prohibited except as otherwise authorized by     *
line aux 0

inserthostname-here#sh run | section queue
  fair-queue

So, as far as the "section" option is concerned, it matches configuration lines with the text, and includes any immediately indented configuration lines underneath the matched line. 

[marce1000]

 - A running configuration of a switch or a router , is not considered to contain sections as such ; what is done that usually directives with a targeted functionality or goal are grouped together , but there is  no concept of sections , 

 M.

[Leo Laohoo]

I cannot appreciate the "section" filter option in switches because the "use case" is fairly limited.  However, I use the "sections" filter option with routers and on 9800.  

[Martin L]

there are section of code reserved for specific commands to configure things; like place holders, that u could call "sections"; i.e. login section for console and vty exists in every Cisco device. Each interface has its own section; Routing has its own placed; One way to spot section is to look for code /commands indentications (indent). You can use "section" keyword like show running-config | section <name like router or line con 0>

here are examples:

line con 0
 exec-timeout 5 0
 privilege level 1
 no login
line aux 0
 transport input all
line vty 0 4
 exec-timeout 5 0
 privilege level 0
 no login

!

router rip
 version 2
 no auto-summary

!

vtp domain cisco
 vlan 5,7,8,9,10,146

interface FastEthernet0/1
 no shutdown
 switchport host
 switchport access vlan 146

interface Loopback0
 ip address 28.119.16.1 255.255.255.0
 ipv6 address 2001:28:119:16::1/64

Regards, ML
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[Elliot Dierksen]

How about this?

EBD-3850#sh run | i ^[a-z]
version 16.6
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
no service dhcp
platform punt-keepalive disable-kernel-core