Shell command, bigpipe

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A command available on F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to enter or configure the bigpipe shell, allowing the use of bigpipe commands without the need to prefix them with bigpipe. When using administrative partitions this command is also used to specify which partition following bigpipe commands should execute in (apply to.)

Usage Syntax

bigpipe shell [options]

Common options include;

• history number - specify the shell command history buffer length
• prompt string - specify the prompt displayed at the CLI
• partition name - specify a read write administrative partition to execute commands in
• read partition name - specify a read administrative partition to execute commands in
• write partition name - specify a write administrative partition to execute commands in

Usage Examples

bigpipe shell - enter the bigpipe shell

bigpipe shell history 50 - specify a shell history buffer of 50 previously entered commands

bigpipe shell partition TEST - specify that commands executed after this one will be executed in/apply to the TEST administrative partition

Usage Notes

If you specify any options you will not enter the bigpipe shell. To use the shell, only enter bigpipe shell. The bigpipe shell can also be started using this command: bpsh

Enter command exit to exit the shell.

There are other benefits to using the shell, such as output pagination and not having to proceed curly brackets with a back slash: \.

Bigpipe Usage Notes

font color=redFrom v9.4, be aware of the administrative partition that is currently active;/font use the bigpipe shell partition command to display the current active partition name and the bigpipe shell partition name command to change partitions.

A full command manual can be displayed using the man command followed by the command name, for example: man pool or by suffixing the command name with the help keyword, for example; bigpipe pool help.

In most cases, the font color=purpleshow/font keyword displays object status or statistics and the font color=purplelist/font keyword displays configuration. URemember/U, from v9.4, only objects in the currently active administrative partition will be displayed.

The bigpipe command can be abbreviated to just b (e.g. b help instead of bigpipe help.) Alternatively, (from v9.4,) you can use the bigpipe shell to enter commands without prefixing them with bigpipe.

Where curly or normal brackets {}' or () or quotes ' or exclamation mark ! are required as part of a command and you are not using the bigpipe shell, they must be proceeded with a back slash \ to prevent the BASH shell from parsing them as system commands.

font color=redDon't forget to save your changes using the bigpipe save all command as necessary./font noinclude/noinclude

Availability

Partition related options from v9.4x onwards.

Related Commands

The bigpipe partition command can be used to create, delete, modify and display administrative partitions.

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