On Cisco Network devices you could have necessity to show running configuration withouth breaks/pauses:
switches/router:
show terminal | in Length
terminal length 0
show run
show run brief
WLC
config paging disable
show run-config" to display the config.
Cisco ASA
Pager (saved)
terminal pager (telnet session not saved)
The default is 24 lines; 0 means no page limit.
1. Type "pager 0" in priviledged mode to set your terminal to display without any breaks.
2. Type "show run-config" to display the config.
3. Type "pager 20" in priviledged mode to set your terminal to display with breaks every 20 lines.
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