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New and Changed Information

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This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 5.x. The latest version of this document is available at the following Cisco website:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps9402/​products_​installation_​and_​configuration_​guides_​list.html

• New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

To check for additional information about Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 5.x available at the following Cisco website:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps9402/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 5.x, and tells you where they are documented.

Table 1 New and Changed Features for Release 4.2

Feature	Description	Changed in Release	Where Documented
Filtering and searching utilities	Changes keywords from Linux style to Cisco NX-OS style.	4.0(3)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
grep and egrep utilities	Changes keywords from Linux style to Cisco NX-OS style.	4.0(3)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Text echoing	Changed echo command syntax from Linux style keyword to Cisco NX-OS style keyword.	4.0(3)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Persistent CLI variables	Added support for CLI variables that persist Persistent CLI variables across device reloads.	4.1(2)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
showcommand output filtering	Added the end keyword to filter show command output.	4.1(2)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
diff utility	Allows comparison of command outputs.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Command aliases	Can be used in show command searching and filtering. Allows command aliases for users sessions.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
I/O module commands	Allows sending commands directly to a module from the supervisor module session.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Command history	Provides changes to the show cli history command.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Command modes	Allows saving and restoring of command modes.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Confirmation prompts	Allows enabling and disabling for command confirmation prompts.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
Terminal colors	Allowed changes to the colors used for CLI elements in the terminal display.	4.2(1)	Understanding the Command-Line Interface
show command output redirection	You can change the format of the show command output when you redirect it to a file. The format can be ASCII or zipped.	4.2(1)	Using the Device File Systems, Directories, and Files