Related 
Commands
boot config – sets the location of configuration files on local devices.
boot host – sets the location of configuration files from the remote host.
boot network – sets the location of configuration files from a remote network.
boot system – sets the location of FTOS image files.
boot system gateway – specifies the IP address of the default next-hop gateway for the 
management subnet.
show file
Display contents of a text file in the local filesystem.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series
Syntax
show file filesystem
Parameters
filesystem
Enter one of the following:
• For internal flash, enter flash:
• For external Flash, enter slot0:
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series
E-Series Original command
Example
FTOS#show file flash://startup-config
!
boot system rpm0 primary ftp://test:server@10.16.1.144//home/
images/
E1200_405-3.1.2b1.86.bin
boot system rpm0 secondary flash://FTOS-ED-6.1.1.0.bin
boot system rpm0 default ftp://:@/\
!
redundancy auto-synchronize persistent-data
redundancy primary rpm0
!
hostname E1200-20
!
enable password 7 94849d8482d5c3
!
username test password 7 93e1e7e2ef
!
enable restricted 7 948a9d848cd5c3
!
protocol spanning-tree 0
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