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Could any one of you explain about Exclamation point ( ! ) in show | compare rollback n command.

interface ge-3/0/3.0 { ... }

! interface ge-3/0/5.0 { ... }

! interface ge-3/0/6.0 { ... }

! interface ge-3/0/7.0 { ... }

! - What it represents? 

+, - symbols represent newly added config/ removed config.

Usually means a configuration was activated or deactivated 

For example:

lab# deactivate interfaces ae1

[edit]
labroot@richmond# commit
show |cocommit complete

labroot@richmond# show |compare rollback 1
[edit interfaces]
! inactive: ae1 { ... }

labroot@richmond# activate interfaces ae1

labroot@richmond# commit

labroot@richmond# show |compare rollback 1
[edit interfaces]
! active: ae1 { ... }

If this is not your case, paste the config you've changed and show | compare rollback output. We will find out 

Thank you for your valuable reply.

In both cases, it shows active or inactive along !.

But here it shows only ! route xx.xx.xx.xx/xx.

From info diff, which I'm sure the compare option uses:

   The lines of context around the lines that differ start with two
space characters.  The lines that differ between the two files start
with one of the following indicator characters, followed by a space
character:

`!'
     A line that is part of a group of one or more lines that changed
     between the two files.  There is a corresponding group of lines
     marked with `!' in the part of this hunk for the other file.

`+'
     An "inserted" line in the second file that corresponds to nothing
     in the first file.

`-'
     A "deleted" line in the first file that corresponds to nothing in
     the second file.

The "!" exclamation point indicates the movement of the term within the configuration.

Reference: https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB13096&actp=METADATA&act=login

article still is in review. @ Nelli

Hi,

The exclamation point (!) in your output indicates a change in the hierarchy of the existing configuration rather than an addition or deletion.

Eg: 

Starting with Junos OS Release 8.3, output from the show | compare command has been enhanced to more accurately reflect configuration changes. This includes more intelligent handling of order changes in lists. For example, consider names in a group that are reordered as follows:

groups {     
          groups {
               group_xmp;      group_xmp;
               group_cmp;     group_grp:
               group_grp;     group_cmp;
          }     
 }

In previous releases, output from the show | compare command looked like the following:

[edit groups]
  - group_xmp;
  - group_cmp;
  - group_grp;
  + group_xmp;
  + group_grp;
  + group_cmp;

Now, output from the show | compare command looks like the following:

[edit groups]
group_xmp {...}
!  group_grp {...}

To verify, can you share the interface configuration above using which this can be explained better if needed more clarification.

Thanks,
Pradeep
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Hi gsri83201,

Because you said that, I have to ask, is this route learned through dynamic routing (ospf/bgp)?

Cheers

Pooja

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The "!" exclamation point indicates the movement of the term within the configuration.

Reference: https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB13096&actp=METADATA&act=login

Hi gsri83201,

The '!' stands for 'deactivation' versus addition/deletion.

For example, observe this:

{primary:node0}[edit]
root@jtac-SRX4600-r001# deactivate security flow traceoptions

{primary:node0}[edit]
root@jtac-SRX4600-r001# show | compare
[edit security flow]
! inactive: traceoptions { ... }

This is me deactivating the trace.

And observe how it is depicted with the exclamation point.

Hope that helps.

Pooja

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