Here’s a draft write-up for configuring and using Xshell highlight sets specifically for Cisco device logs and command outputs.
Standard terminal output for Cisco IOS often displays everything in a single color, which can make it difficult to spot critical status changes or configuration errors in long logs. Implementing highlight sets allows you to: Identify Critical Failures : Instantly spot words like in bright red. Validate Configurations : Highlight the word to quickly see which features are disabled. Track Patterns xshell highlight sets cisco
Matches Cisco Syslog facility codes (e.g., %SYS-5-CONFIG_I ). (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(...) Uses Regular Expression to highlight IPv4 addresses. Here’s a draft write-up for configuring and using
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <XshellHighlightSet name="Cisco_NXOS_Standard"> <Highlight name="Errors" pattern="% (?:Invalid|Incomplete|Ambiguous)" textcolor="#FF0000" bold="yes"/> <Highlight name="Interface Down" pattern="(line protocol is down)|(administratively down)" textcolor="#FF4500" bold="yes"/> <Highlight name="Interface Up" pattern="line protocol is up" textcolor="#00FF00" bold="yes"/> <Highlight name="BGP" pattern="%BGP-" textcolor="#FFA500" bold="yes"/> <Highlight name="OSPF" pattern="%OSPF-" textcolor="#00FFFF" /> <Highlight name="IP Address" pattern="\b\d1,3\.\d1,3\.\d1,3\.\d1,3\b" textcolor="#FFFF00"/> <Highlight name="Duplicate IP" pattern="%IP-4-DUPADDR" textcolor="#FF00FF" bold="yes"/> <Highlight name="Percentage" pattern="\d1,3%" textcolor="#00FFFF" bold="yes"/> </XshellHighlightSet> Validate Configurations : Highlight the word to quickly