Comparison of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper Command Line

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As three of the top vendors in ICT, Cisco, Huawei and Juniper provide us many excellent products.

However, different vendor, different command line. Every engineer will find that he or she must learn different command line, when operating those different vendors’ devices.

So, in this article, we collect the command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper below. Hope these can help.

Table 1. BASIC command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show	show	display
exit	exit / up	quit
run	do	–
end	exit	return
\| include	\| match	\| include
_formal \|	\| display-set	–
reload	request system reboot	reboot

Table 2. CONFIGURATION command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show running-config	show configuration	display current-configuration
show startup-config	–	display saved-configuration
configure terminal	configure / edit	system view
hostname hostname	system host-name hostname	sysname systemname
show (after conf change)	show \| compare	–
commit	commit	save
shut down	disable	shut down
no shut down	delete interfaces × disable	undo shut down
no	delete	undo

Table 3. SHOW command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show dock	show system untime	display clock
show ntp status	show ntp status	display ntp-service status
show history	show cll history	display history-command
show platform	show chassis fpc	display device pic-status
admin show platform	show chassis fpc detail	display device
show environment	show chassis environment	–
show inventory	show chassis hardware	–
show diags	show chassis hardware	–
show memory summary	show chassis routing engine	display memory-usage
admin show environment \| include pm	show chassis hardware \| match psm	display power
show processes cpu	show system processes extensive	display cpu-usage
show users	show system users	display users
show version	show version	display version
show licence	–	display licence
–	show system alarms	display alarm all / active
–	show chassis alarms	–
show arp	show arp	display arp all
show interface	show interfaces	display ip interface
show interface interface	show interfaces interface	display ip interface interface
show interface interface statistics	–	–
show interface brief	show interface terse	display ip interface brief
show route	show route	display ip routing-table
show route summary	show route summary	–
show route ipv6	show route table inet6.0	display ipv6 routing-table
show policy-map	show class-of-service interface	–
show policy-map interface	show interfaces queue	–
show route-map	show policy	display route-policy
show snmp	show snmp statistics	display snmp statistics
show tcp	show system connections	display tcp statistics
show flash	show flash	dir flash:
show filesystem	show system storage	dir
show ipv4 traffic	show system statistics	display ip statistics
show protocols	show route protocol	–
show bfd session	show bfd session	display bfd session all
show bfd interfaces location ×	–	displa bfd interface
show interfaces be ×	show interfaces aex	display interface Eth-Trunk ×
show interfaces be × details	show interfaces aex details	–

Table 4. TSHOOT command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
ping ip_address	ping ip_address	ping ip_address
traceroute ip_address	traceroute ip_address	tracert ip_address
debug	debug	debugging
show tech-support	request support info	display diagnostic-information
show logging	show log messages	display logbuffer
no debug	undebug all	undo debugging
monitor interface interface	monitor interface interface	–
terminal monitor	monitor start messages	terminal monitor / terminal trapping
terminal monitor disable	monitor stop messages	undo terminal monitor
show controllers interface	show interfaces diagnostic optics interface	display controller
show access-lists	show firewall	display acl ×

Table 5. CLEAR command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
clear	clear	reset
clear counters interface	clear interface statistics interface	reset counters interface ××
clear route	clear ip route	reset ip forwarding-table statistis protocol all
clear arp-cache	clear arp	reset arp
clear cef	–	reset ip fast-forwarding
clear line line	request system logout username	–
clear access-list counters	clear firewall	–

Table 6. OSPF command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show ospf (summary)	show ospf overview	display ospf brief
show ospf interface	show ospf interface	display ospf interface
show ospf database	show ospf database	display ospf lsdb
show ospf neighbor	show ospf neighbor	display ospf nexthop
show ospf statistics	show ospf statistics	display ospf statistics
show route ospf	show route protocol ospf	display ip routing-table protocol ospf
show ospf virtual-links	–	display ospf vlink

Table 7. ISIS command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
display isis interface	show isis interface	display isis interface
show clns neighbor	show isis adjacency	display isis peer
show isis database	show isis database	display isis lsdb
show isis spf-log	show isis spf log	display isis spf-log
show isis statistics	show isis statistics	display isis statistics
show isis topoplgy	show isis topology	–
show isis routes	show isis route	display isis route
clear isis	clear isis database	–
clear isis statistics	clear isis statistics	–
clear clns neighbors	clear isis adjacency	–

Table 8. BGP command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show bgp	show route protocol bgp	display bgp routing-table
show bgp community	show route community	–
show bgp neighbors	show bgp neighbor	display bgp peer
show bgp peer-group	show bgp group	display bgp group
show route bgp	show route protocol bgp	display ip routing-table protocol bgp
show bgp summary	show bgp summary	display bgp peer
clear bgp	clear bgp neighbor	reset bgp all
clear bgp nexthop registration	clear bgp neighbor	–

Table 9. MPLS command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show mpls interface	show mpls interface	display mpls interface
show mpls ldp interface	show mpls ldp interface	display mpls ldp interface
show mpls ldp summay	show ldp overview	display mpls ldp all
show mpls ldp bindings	–	–
show mpls ldp neighbor brief	show ldp neighbor	display mpls ldp adjacency
show rsvp interface	show rsvp interface	display mpls rsvp-te interface
show rsvp session	show rsvp session	display mpls rsvp-te session ×
show rsvp neighbors	show rsvp neighbor	display mpls rsvp-te peer
show rsvp counters	show rsvp statistics	display mpls rsvp-te statistics global

Table 10. MULTICAST command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show mfib/mrib route	show multicast route	display multicast routing-table
–	show multicast statistics	display multicast flow-statistic
show igmp interface	show igmp interface	display igmp interface
show igmp traffic	show igmp statistics	–
show pim interface	show pim interfaces	display pim interface
show pim traffic	show pim statistics	–

Table 11. VRRP command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR	Juniper – JUNOS	Huawei – HVRP
show verp interface interface	show verp interface interface	display verp interface interface
show verp status	show verp brief	display verp brief
show verp statistics	–	display verp statistics
show verp summary	show verp summary	–