a keyword highlighting list for secureCRT

this keyword list highlights contextual keywords and phrases to make administration of network devices easier.

• Secure CRT 8.5 or later

highlights the following:

• interface names
• IPv4/IPv6 addresses
• MAC addresses
• contextual keywords (eg. disabled, shutdown, etc)
• protocol specific information (BGP)

• Cisco IOS
• Cisco IOS-XE
• Cisco IOS-XR
• Cisco NX-OS
• Linux-based systems (Debian, Fedora, RHEL, Ubuntu, etc + FRRouting)
• Juniper JunOS
• VyOS

works with other network operating systems as well, but not thoroughly tested.

1. clone this repo or download net_os_cli.ini
2. copy net_os_cli.ini to your secureCRT's keyword list directory (usually located at %appdata%\VanDyke\Config\Keywords)
3. select the active keyword list in secureCRT (Options > Edit Default Session > Terminal > Keyword Highlighting)
4. under advanced (within Keyword Highlighting settings), make sure highlight style has only color enabled and set match style to phrases and substrings
5. if you need this enabled by default, make sure you select 'change ALL sessions (no undo)' after clicking ok to save settings.

any new sessions will start with keyword highlighting enabled.

some screenshots:

Cisco IOS-XR

Juniper Junos

VyOS