HP Cisco MDS 9216 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2( - Page 104

show file Chapter 1 Basic System Commands Send comments to [email protected] show file To display the contents of a file on the local memory, use the show file command. show file [filesystem:] [//server/] [directory] filename Syntax Description filesystem: //server/ directory filename (Optional) Name of the file system. Valid values are bootflash, modflash, or volatile. (Optional) Name of the server. Valid values are ///, //module-1/, //sup-1/, //sup-active/, or //sup-local/. The double slash (//) is required. (Optional) Name of a directory. The directory name is case sensitive. Name of the file to delete. The filename is case sensitive. Note There can be no spaces in the filesystem://server/directory/filename string. Individual elements of this string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/). Command Default None Command Modes EXEC mode Command History Release 4.0(0)N1(1a) Modification This command was introduced. Examples This example shows how to display the contents of a file: switch# show file ent-mod.lic If the file that you want to display is a directory, the command will return an error message: switch# show file bootflash:///routing-sw /bin/showfile: /bootflash/routing-sw: Is a directory Related Commands Command cd dir pwd Description Changes the current working directory. Displays the directory contents. Displays the name of the current working directory. 1-82 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference OL-16599-01