While connected to a Cisco device:
The difference between a junior engineer and a senior is often just . Xshell Highlight Sets train your eyes to see the patterns instantly. By investing 30 minutes to build the Cisco regex patterns listed above, you will save hundreds of hours over your career. xshell highlight sets cisco
| Issue | Likely Fix | |-------|-------------| | Highlight not appearing | Check that the session’s is xterm or ansi (not VT100 ). | | Pattern matches too much | Use word boundaries ( \bdown\b instead of just down ). | | Logs not highlighted | Ensure log viewer also references the same highlight set (set in log viewer settings). | While connected to a Cisco device: The difference
While highlights are great, bad regex can freeze Xshell when you run show running-config (which outputs thousands of lines). | Issue | Likely Fix | |-------|-------------| |