What are the Basic Router Commands

Following are some of the router basic commands of user and privileged exec mode
s that are used for verifying, copying and deleting the configuration:
Show version: To view the hardware and software status of the Cisco router
Show flash: To view the files and directories reside in the flash of the Cisco ro
uter
Show running-config: To view the status of RAM, the current configuration of the
Cisco router
Show startup-config: To view the status of NVRAM, the saved configuration of Cisc
o router
Show interfaces: To view the detailed information about all the interfaces of the
Cisco router
Show ip interfaces: To view the detailed ip configuration on all the interfaces o
f the Cisco router
Show interfaces serial 0: To view the detailed information about a specific inter
face of the Cisco router
Show ip interfaces serial 0: To view the detailed IP configuration on a specific
interface of the Cisco router
Show ip interface brief: To view the brief ip configuration on all the interfaces
of Cisco router
Show line: To view the brief information about all the lines of the Cisco router
Show line console 0: To view the detailed information about a specific line of th
e Cisco router
Show user: To view some details about the users that are currently login on the C
isco router through any line.
Show ip route: To view the IP routing table of the Cisco router
Show ip protocols: To view the IP routing protocols that are currently running on
the Cisco router
Show history: To view the last ten IOS commands that were executed on the Cisco r
outer
Erase startup-config: To erase the contents of NVRAM of the Cisco router
Erase Flash: To erase the contents of Flash of the Cisco router
Copy running-config startup-config: To copy the contents of RAM into the NVRAM of
the Cisco router
Copy startup-config tftp: To copy the saved configurations from NVRAM into the TF
TP server for backup purpose
Copy flash tftp: To copy the IOS image file from Flash into the TFTP server for b
ackup purpose
Copy tftp startup-config: To restore the copy of saved configuration into NVRAM f
rom the TFTP server
Copy tftp flash: To restore the copy of IOS file image into Flash from the TFTP s
erver

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