Monitor command (command)

The "monitor command" command allows you to repeatedly run a command to view a continuously refreshed output. The command is run and output every 2 seconds, allowing you to monitor the output continuously without having to re-run the command. This can be useful to follow routing adjacency formation.

Syntax

monitor command "<command>"

Example

Running this command:

vyos@router:~$ monitor command "show interfaces"

Will clear the screen and show you the output of "show interfaces" every 2 seconds.

Every 2.0s: /opt/vyatta/bin/vyatta-op-cmd-wrapper s...  Sun Mar 26 02:49:46 2017

Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down
Interface        IP Address                        S/L  Description
---------        ----------                        ---  -----------
eth0             192.168.1.1/24                    u/u
eth0.5           174.33.65.84/24                   u/u  WAN
lo               127.0.0.1/8                       u/u
                 ::1/128
vti0             172.32.254.2/30                   u/u
vti1             172.32.254.9/30                   u/u

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