Basic Cisco IOS Commands Cheat Sheet

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Modes "​Sho​w" Commands (cont)

Level Mode Prompt show ip interface brief name, IP, status, etc. (all interf​‐
1 User EXEC Device> aces)

2 Privileged EXEC Device#

Other Commands
3 Global Config Device​(co​nfig)#
Command From Mode Function
4a Interface Config Device​(co​nfi​g-if)#
sdm pre dual def global config used if switch won't take
4b Line Config Device​(co​nfi​g-line)
IPv6 address

Keyboard Shortcuts
General Commands
Up Arrow Automa​tically re-types last command
Short Complete Command Function
Ctrl+Shift+6 Oh crap, stop! (Cancels whatever it's currently doing) Command
Ctrl+C Exits config mode en enable user
Ctrl+Z Applies current command & returns to priv. EXEC EXEC >
mode priv.
Ctrl+U Erases anything on current prompt line EXEC

Tab Completes abbrev​iated command conf t config terminal priv.

EXEC >
"​Sho​w" Commands global
config
Command Inform​ation Displayed
int interface global
show version IOS version, memory capacity, etc.
config >
show mac address-table MAC address table interface
show ip route routing table config

show interface g0/0 status, MAC, IP, etc. for Gigabit li line global
Ethernet 0/0 config >
line
config
sh run show runnin​g-c​onfig shows
current
config

cop r s copy runnin​g-c​onfig startu​p-c​o saves

nfig current
config
no ip dom lo no ip domain-lookup keeps
router
from
trying to
read
bad
cmds as
host
names

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General Commands (cont) Initial Config​uration (Switches and Routers) (cont)

era star [Tab] erase startu​p-c​onf MUST use after banner motd #Text Here# global config sets motd banner
ig labs to reset
router configs! Router​-Sp​ecific Config​uration Commands
del vlan.dat delete vlan.dat MUST use after Command From Mode Function
labs to reset
interface g0/1 global config enters
router configs!
interface
config for
Initial Config​uration (Switches and Routers)
Gigabit
Command From Mode What It Does Ethernet
hostname xyz global config sets hostname 0/1
to xyz ip address IP/prefix interface config sets
enable secret xyz global config sets encrypted interf​‐
password for ace's
priv. EXEC to IPv4
xyz address

service passwo​rd-​encry global config encrypts all no shut interface config turns on
pt passwords the
interface
line console 0 global config enters line
config mode descri​ption descri​ption text interface config used to

for console document

info
line vty 0 15 global config enters line
about the
config mode
interface
for 16 vty lines
ipv6 address IP/prefix interface config sets
password xyz line config sets line
interf​‐
password to
ace's
xyz
IPv6
login line config enables users address
to login
ipv6 address IP/prefix link-local interface config sets
int vlan 1 global config enters interf​‐
interface config ace's
mode for vlan1 IPv6 link-
ip address [IP] [subnet] interface config sets IP address local
no shut interface config turns on address
interface ipv6 unicast-routing global config enables
IPv6
routing

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