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doc: document 'show cli graph'

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Signed-off-by: Quentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>
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``ip`` partially matches ``ipv6`` but exactly matches ``ip``, so ``ip`` will
win.
Inspection & Debugging
----------------------
Permutations
------------
Finally, it is sometimes useful to check all the possible combinations of input
that would match an arbitrary definition string. There is a tool in
^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is sometimes useful to check all the possible combinations of input that
would match an arbitrary definition string. There is a tool in
:file:`tools/permutations` that reads CLI definition strings on ``stdin`` and
prints out all matching input permutations. It also dumps a text representation
of the graph, which is more useful for debugging than anything else. It looks
like this:
::
.. code-block:: shell
$ ./permutations "show [ip] bgp [<view|vrf> WORD]"
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show bgp vrf WORD
show bgp
This functionality is also built into VTY/VTYSH; the ``list permutations``
command will list all possible matching input permutations in the current CLI
node.
This functionality is also built into VTY/VTYSH; :clicmd:`list permutations`
will list all possible matching input permutations in the current CLI node.
Graph Inspection
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When in the Telnet or VTYSH console, :clicmd:`show cli graph` will dump the
entire command space of the current mode in the DOT graph language. This can be
fed into one of the various GraphViz layout engines, such as ``dot``,
``neato``, etc.
For example, to generate an image of the entire command space for the top-level
mode (``ENABLE_NODE``):
.. code-block:: shell
sudo vtysh -c 'show cli graph' | dot -Tjpg -Grankdir=LR > graph.jpg
To do the same for the BGP mode:
.. code-block:: shell
sudo vtysh -c 'conf t' -c 'router bgp' -c 'show cli graph' | dot -Tjpg -Grankdir=LR > bgpgraph.jpg
This information is very helpful when debugging command resolution, tracking
down duplicate / ambiguous commands, and debugging patches to the CLI graph
builder.