to use a buffer in text editor in which they copy paste template (or existing) configuration, adapt it and copy-paste it
in lab environment, cli output is useful in order to get hardware state and current running/candiate configuration
Using less in default mode is more visually elegant as it does not clutter CLI terminal screen.
However it is painful to use if you want to copy-paste line from running-config and adapt it in a YOLO mode. :sweat_smile:
It is therefore adviseable to enable less -X behaviour describe here
(man page is precise but "less" human explicit :rofl:)
-X: Leave file contents on screen when less exits.
When using CLI, network operators are used:
Using
lessin default mode is more visually elegant as it does not clutter CLI terminal screen.However it is painful to use if you want to copy-paste line from running-config and adapt it in a
YOLOmode. :sweat_smile:It is therefore adviseable to enable
less -Xbehaviour describe here (manpage is precise but "less" human explicit :rofl:)