G Commands


This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus 1000V commands that begin with the letter G.

gunzip

To uncompress a compressed file, use the gunzip command.

gunzip filename

Syntax Description

filename

File name. The name is alphanumeric, case-sensitive, has a maximum of 64 characters, and must have the extension .gz.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Usage Guidelines

The compressed filename must have the .gz extension.

You do not have to enter the .gz extension as part of the filename.

The Cisco NX-OS software uses Lempel-Ziv 1977 (LZ77) coding for compression.

Examples

This example shows how to uncompress a compressed file:

n1000v# gunzip bootflash:sh-logging.gz 
n1000v# dir bootflash:
         19    May 21 14:44:15 2013  .ovfconfigured
      77824    May 23 19:32:20 2013  accounting.log
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  core/
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  log/
      16384    May 21 14:42:28 2013  lost+found/
        456    May 21 14:51:42 2013  mts.log
   31235584    May 21 14:42:38 2013  n1000vh-dk9-kickstart.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
   90078471    May 21 14:42:58 2013  n1000vh-dk9.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
      25975    May 23 19:27:23 2013  sh-logging
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_2/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_3/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_4/
   14816014    May 21 14:43:01 2013  vsmhv-pa.2.0.0.14.bin
 
   

These examples show how to compress a file:

n1000v# gzip run_cnfg.cfg
 
   
n1000v# dir bootflash:
         19    May 21 14:44:15 2013  .ovfconfigured
      77824    May 23 19:32:20 2013  accounting.log
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  core/
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  log/
      16384    May 21 14:42:28 2013  lost+found/
        456    May 21 14:51:42 2013  mts.log
   31235584    May 21 14:42:38 2013  n1000vh-dk9-kickstart.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
   90078471    May 21 14:42:58 2013  n1000vh-dk9.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
      25975    May 23 19:27:23 2013  sh-logging
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_2/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_3/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_4/
   14816014    May 21 14:43:01 2013  vsmhv-pa.2.0.0.14.bin
 
   
Usage for bootflash://sup-local
  291319808 bytes used
 2096951296 bytes free
 2388271104 bytes total
n1000v#
n1000v# gzip bootflash:sh-logging
n1000v#
n1000v# dir
         19    May 21 14:44:15 2013  .ovfconfigured
      77824    May 23 19:33:30 2013  accounting.log
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  core/
       4096    May 21 14:43:04 2013  log/
      16384    May 21 14:42:28 2013  lost+found/
        456    May 21 14:51:42 2013  mts.log
   31235584    May 21 14:42:38 2013  n1000vh-dk9-kickstart.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
   90078471    May 21 14:42:58 2013  n1000vh-dk9.5.2.1.SM1.5.0.357.bin
       3699    May 23 19:27:23 2013  sh-logging.gz
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_2/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_3/
       4096    May 21 14:43:23 2013  vdc_4/
   14816014    May 21 14:43:01 2013  vsmhv-pa.2.0.0.14.bin

Related Commands

Command
Description

dir

Displays the directory contents.

gzip

Compresses a file.


gzip

To compress a file, use the gzip command.

gzip filename

Syntax Description

filename

File name. The name is alphanumeric, case-sensitive and can be up to 28 characters.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Usage Guidelines

After you use this command, the file is replaced with the compressed filename that has the .gz extension.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V software uses Lempel-Ziv 1977 (LZ77) coding for compression.

Examples

This example shows how to compress a file:

n1000v# gzip run_cnfg.cfg
 
   

Related Commands

Command
Description

dir

Displays the directory contents.

gunzip

Uncompresses a compressed file.