Show terminal command

From NetworkCommands

A command available on most Cisco platforms; used to display current terminal settings, such as type, baud rate, line number, width and length.

Usage Syntax

Configuration Context: enable mode

show terminal

Typical Output

Line 66, Location: "", Type: "XTERM"
Length: 40 lines, Width: 100 columns
Baud rate (TX/RX) is 9600/9600
Status: PSI Enabled, Ready, Active, No Exit Banner, Automore On
Capabilities: Output non-idle
Modem state: Ready
Special Chars: Escape  Hold  Stop  Start  Disconnect  Activation
                ^^x    none   -     -       none
Timeouts:      Idle EXEC    Idle Session   Modem Answer  Session   Dispatch
               00:10:00       00:10:00                       none     not set
Session idle time reset by output.
                            Idle Session Disconnect Warning
                              never
                            Login-sequence User Response
                             00:00:30
                            Autoselect Initial Wait
                              not set
Modem type is unknown.
Session limit is not set.
Time since activation: 00:03:10
Editing is enabled.
History is enabled, history size is 20.
DNS resolution in show commands is enabled
Full user help is disabled
Allowed input transports are pad telnet rlogin mop v120 ssh.
Allowed output transports are pad telnet rlogin mop v120 ssh.
Preferred transport is telnet.
No output characters are padded
No special data dispatching characters

Command Equivalents

The Extreme command equivalent is the show management command

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Use the terminal command to configure terminal settings

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