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Macro Commands

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Parameters

apply—Apply a macro to the specific interface.

trace—Apply and trace a macro to the specific interface.

macro-name

—Name of the macro.

parameter-name

value

—For each parameter defined in the macro, specify

its name and value. You can enter up to three parameter-value pairs.

Parameter keyword matching is case sensitive. All matching occurrences of

the parameter name in the macro are replaced with the corresponding

value.

Default Configuration

The command has no default setting.

Command Mode

Interface (Ethernet, Port Channel) Configuration mode

User Guidelines

The macro apply command hides the commands of the macro from the user

while it is being run. The macro trace command displays the commands

along with any errors which are generated by them as they are executed. This

is used to debug the macro and find syntax or configuration errors.
When you run a macro, if a line in it fails because of a syntax or configuration

error, the macro continues to apply the remaining commands to the interface.
If you apply a macro that contains parameters in its commands, the

command fails if you do not provide the values for the parameters. You can

use the macro apply

macro-name

with a '?' to display the help string for the

macro keywords (if you have defined these with the #macro keywords

preprocessor command).
Parameter (keyword) matching is case sensitive. All matching occurrences of

the parameter are replaced with the provided value. Any full match of a

keyword, even if it is part of a large string, is considered a match and replaced

by the corresponding value.
When you apply a macro to an interface, the switch automatically generates a

macro description command with the macro name. As a result, the macro

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