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I periodically do a little with Cisco devices, but not very often. I used to have a filtering command that was pretty handy. It'd go something like:

show run | include interface next 5

That'd display every line of output that had "interface" and the next 5 lines after the line that had "interface" in it.

Today I upgraded some new switches (3750X) to IOS 15.2(4)E4. And that "next" command switch doesn't seem to work. If I just do:

show run | include interface

That works by displaying only the line with "interface" in the line. But if I add "next 5", it returns no results. Also, the "prev" command switch doesn't work either.

Any help is appreciated.

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    Have you looked in the release notes?
    – Ron Trunk
    Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 20:36
  • @RonTrunk I had not, but now I have. I also checked release notes for 15.2(3)E and 15.2(2)E. I didn't find anything about the include command switch.
    – user3271408
    Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 0:25
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    Commented Feb 19, 2018 at 19:05

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The answer is that prev and next were removed in IOS 15. The closest command they have to that functionality is the section command:

Show run all | section interface
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