Using the Comment Character #

You can copy operational mode commands that include comments from a file and paste them into the command-line interface. A # at the beginning of the command line indicates a comment line. This is useful for describing frequently used operational mode commands; for example, a user's work instructions on how to monitor the network. To add a comment to a command file, the first character of the line must be #. When you start a command with #, the rest of the line is disregarded by the JUNOS software.

To add comments in operational mode, start with a # and end with a new line (carriage return):

user@host> # comment-string

comment-string is the text of the comment. The comment text can be any length, and you must type it on a single line.

Example: Using Comments

File with Comments

#Command 1: Show the router version

show version

#Command 2: Show all router interfaces

show interfaces terse

Copy and Paste Contents of the File into the CLI

user@host> #Command 1: Show the router version                                                                                         

user@host> show version

Hostname: myhost

Model: m5

JUNOS Base OS boot [6.4-20040511.0]

JUNOS Base OS Software Suite [6.4-20040511.0]

JUNOS Kernel Software Suite [6.4-20040511.0]

JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine Support (M5/M10) [6.4-20040511.0] JUNOS 
Routing Software Suite [6.4-20040511.0] JUNOS Online Documentation 
[6.4-20040511.0] JUNOS Crypto Software Suite [6.4-20040511.0]

user@host> # Command 2: Show all router interfaces 

regress@fbi> show interfaces terse

Interface               Admin                              Link                                     Proto Local                 Remote

fe-0/0/0                                     up    up

fe-0/0/1                                     up    down

fe-0/0/2                                                    up    down

mo-0/1/0                                      up

mo-0/1/0.16383                                     up    up                               inet  10.0.0.1            --> 10.0.0.17

so-0/2/0                                                    up    up

so-0/2/1                                                    up    up

dsc                                                         up    up

fxp0                                                        up    up

fxp0.0                                                      up    up                               inet  192.168.70.62/21

fxp1                                                        up    up

fxp1.0                                                      up    up                               tnp   4

gre                                                         up    up

ipip                                                        up    up

lo0                                                         up    up

lo0.0                                                      up    up                               inet  127.0.0.1           --> 0/0

lo0.16385                                     up    up                               inet inet6