Xshell Highlight Sets Cisco High Quality

⚠️ Xshell uses regex. Backslashes need escaping in the UI.

To begin, you need to access the Highlight Set management menu: Open . Go to Tools > Highlight Sets . Click New and name it "Cisco_Standard". Step 2: Defining Cisco-Specific Keywords xshell highlight sets cisco

When configuring routers or switches (Cisco IOS/NX-OS), the CLI output is dense. Critical errors, interface statuses, and ACLs are difficult to scan quickly in a monochrome terminal. Existing generic highlighting often misses the specific syntax of Cisco commands. ⚠️ Xshell uses regex

XShell stores these sets as .xshl files. If you have a colleague with a great color scheme, you can import it: Go to > Highlight Sets . Click Import . Select the .xshl file. It is now available for all your sessions. Summary Checklist for a Clean Cisco View Go to Tools > Highlight Sets

Here’s a step-by-step guide to setting up in Xshell (by Netsarang).

Highlight sets in Xshell let you colorize terminal text (based on regex or keywords) so Cisco device output (IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/ASA/NX-OS) is easier to read — for example coloring interface names, status keywords, error messages, timestamps, IP addresses, and config lines.