The "DO" command in cisco IOS

Jasiono · July 2015

Does anyone else use it?
I'm so used to using it that I have a feeling I will use it on the exams lol

networker050184 · July 2015

Every time I'm in config mode I do. No sure if it's available in the sims though.

quickman007 · July 2015

I either use it for most of my show commands when in config mode or never use it and back out into exec mode. No idea why, depends on my mood I suppose :P

Mooseboost · July 2015

I use it all the time with show commands to check configs and such as I go through setups.

Dieg0M · July 2015

I was at a place where they logged SNMP + an email was sent each time you exited config mode. I took it as a habit to always use "do" for show commands to not get spammed by emails.

bermovick · July 2015

Yeah, constantly. About the only time I back out is when I need to see some extra syntax options; although I think I've seen where more recent versions are still able to do context-sensitive help via ? when prefixing the commands with 'do'

Jasiono · July 2015

I hope they have it on the sims, would be more real worldish.

theodoxa · July 2015

I use "do wr" all the time.

kohr-ah · July 2015

I use it all the time (You dont need it when on a nexus series switch however).
I do not believe the 'do' command works on the sims however for the labs.

DCD · July 2015

I use it all the time.

phantasm · July 2015

All the time. It irks me to no end how on NX-OS I don't need it but IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR I need it. I'm in all of those platforms daily and I have to flip flop. lol.

theodoxa · July 2015

phantasm wrote: »

All the time. It irks me to no end how on NX-OS I don't need it but IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR I need it. I'm in all of those platforms daily and I have to flip flop. lol.

Cisco does this (different rules on different platforms) a lot. Going between IOS Routers and Cisco ASAs can get a bit annoying (Wildcard Mask vs. Subnet Mask, "ip route" vs. "route", etc...)

The "DO" command in cisco IOS

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