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Running commands

Stop retyping the same show commands. Store them as templates, bundle them into groups, and run them from any session or device with one click.

  1. 1Create templates in Commands: name, command, category, compatible device types and tags.
  2. 2Bundle several templates into a command group for a sequential diagnostics routine (e.g. show version → show interfaces status → show log).
  3. 3From any session use the “Run template” menu; from any device use the quick-run action.
  4. 4On network gear the command is typed into the interactive shell and completion is detected from the prompt; --More-- paging is continued automatically, so long outputs never get stuck.
  5. 5Before the first automated command on a switch or router, the app prepares the shell like Netmiko: disables CLI paging for the vendor, escalates from user EXEC (SW1>) to privileged mode (SW1#) when the device supports it, and answers interactive confirmations (“Destination filename”, “[confirm]”, “[y/n]”) automatically.
  6. 6CLI errors are caught early: “% Invalid input” or “% Access denied” fail the run with the device’s own message instead of silently succeeding with junk.
  7. 7The live result streams into the terminal, and a copy lands in History with exit code and duration.

Tip

Long outputs never get stuck: --More-- paging is continued automatically, and the command is considered done when the shell prompt returns.

Note

If a command times out, the app interrupts it (Ctrl+C) so the next command is never typed into a broken prompt — the shell is recovered for you.

Warning

Command groups run strictly sequentially on network gear — each command waits for the previous one to finish, so a “conf t” followed by an interface command works exactly as typed.

live session
$ show version
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.9.4a
System restarted at 02:14:33 UTC Tue Aug 11 2026
SW1#

How to use LinkOPS Desktop

A step-by-step walkthrough from the first install to running commands across your whole network.