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gnmic: Provide a username and password to fetch device capabilities.

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$ gnmic --address ${ip:port} --username ${username} --password ${password} capabilities

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This command is using the gnmic tool to retrieve the capabilities of a network device. Here is a breakdown of the command:

gnmic: This is the command itself, indicating that we want to use the gnmic tool.
--address ${ip:port}: This flag specifies the IP address and port of the network device. It uses the variables ip and port, which should be replaced with the actual values. For example, --address 192.168.1.1:50051 would specify the device's IP address as 192.168.1.1 and the port as 50051.
--username ${username}: This flag specifies the username to authenticate with the network device. It uses the variable username, which should be replaced with the actual value.
--password ${password}: This flag specifies the password to authenticate with the network device. It uses the variable password, which should be replaced with the actual value.
capabilities: This is the actual command to retrieve the capabilities of the network device. This command will provide information about the supported features and functionality of the device.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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