Syntax of 'show babel' commands?

Chris Webb chris at arachsys.com
Mon Oct 13 10:06:10 CEST 2025


I have a router with a simple babel protocol announced on an interface:

protocol babel babel {
  interface "eth2" {
    next hop prefer ipv6;
  };
  ipv4 {
    export where net ~ [0.0.0.0/0];
    import none;
  };
  ipv6 {
    export where net ~ [::/0];
    import none;
  };
  randomize router id;
}

bird> show proto babel
Name       Proto      Table      State  Since         Info
babel      Babel      ---        up     17:32:00.497


Out of interest, I tried the 'show babel' commands, but couldn't work out the syntax:

bird> show babel ?
show babel interfaces [<name>] ["<interface>"]  Show information about Babel interfaces
show babel neighbors [<name>] ["<interface>"]  Show information about Babel neighbors
show babel entries [<name>]                    Show information about Babel prefix entries
show babel routes [<name>]                     Show information about Babel route entries
bird> show babel interfaces "eth2"
syntax error, unexpected CF_SYM_KNOWN
bird> show babel interfaces babel
syntax error, unexpected CF_SYM_KNOWN
bird> show babel routes babel
syntax error, unexpected CF_SYM_KNOWN

What would be a correct argument to supply to these commands?


In case it's relevant, I'm running 2.17.1 on Linux, which is the latest 2.x version on

  https://bird.network.cz/
  https://bird.network.cz/download/

although I've just spotted there was a 2.17.2 announced on the mailing list in September.

Best wishes,

Chris.


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