Searching and Filtering Output at the --More-- Prompt

The --More-- prompt displays when output extends beyond a single page. At this prompt, you can press the Space bar to display the next page, the Return or Enter key to display the next line, or Ctrl+C or Q to cancel the display. In addition, you can search and filter output from this prompt.

At the --More-- prompt, enter a forward slash ( / ) followed by a search string. The RUCKUS device displays output starting from the first line that contains the search string as shown in the following example. The search feature is similar to the begin option for show commands.

--More--, next page: Space, next line: Return key, quit: Control-c
/telnet

The results of the search are displayed.

searching...
  telnet              Telnet by name or IP address
  temperature         temperature sensor commands
  terminal            display syslog
  traceroute          TraceRoute to IP node
  undebug             Disable debugging functions (see also 'debug')
  undelete            Undelete flash card files
  whois               WHOIS lookup
  write               Write running configuration to flash or terminal

To display lines containing only a specified search string (similar ) press the plus key (+) at the --More-- prompt followed by a search string. This option is similar to the include option supported with show commands.

--More--, next page: Space, next line: Return key, quit: Control-c
+telnet

The filtered results are displayed.

filtering...
  telnet              Telnet by name or IP address

To display lines that do not contain a specified search string, press the minus key (-) at the --More-- prompt followed by a search string. This option is similar to the exclude option supported with show commands.

--More--, next page: Space, next line: Return key, quit: Control-c
-telnet

The filtered results are displayed.

filtering...
  temperature         temperature sensor commands
  terminal            display syslog
  traceroute          TraceRoute to IP node
  undebug             Disable debugging functions (see also 'debug')
  undelete            Undelete flash card files
  whois               WHOIS lookup
  write               Write running configuration to flash or terminal

As with the commands for filtering output from show commands, the search string is a regular expression consisting of a single character or string of characters. You can use special characters to construct complex regular expressions. See the next section for information on special characters used with regular expressions.