Flow filtering features using standard UNIX commands
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Issue/Introduction
CBS CLI filtering features for flowIt may be easier to string search the flow table by invoking native UNIX commands.
Cause
The following are some examples of using Linux shell filtering features to filter the output of cli commands. These examples are run from the linux prompt on the CPM.
Display flows being reported as drops in the AFT ( including 2 lines after filtered data):
/crossbeam/bin/cli -i 'show flow act' |grep -i -A2 drop
The watch command can also be used to monitor the output of commands, watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to watch the program output change over time: