Commands can be shortcuted as long as they are unique; show ospf neighbors is same as sh os n. birdc takes a command from ARGV if present
show route- all routesshow route for a.b.c.d- show available routes to targetshow route for a.b.c.d primary- show only primary route to targetshow route primary- show only primary routesshow route where net ~ 192.168.0.0/16- show routes matching filter - useful for testing conditions
Ripepd out from cli help, nothing more to say here
Most of these accept instance and interface (if applicable) in instance "interface" format, like show ospf neighbors main "eth1"
show ospf- show summary of all instancesshow ospf main- show ospf instance named "mainshow ospf interface- show information about interfaceshow ospf lsadb- show content of OSPF LSA databaseshow ospf neighbors- show information about OSPF neighborsshow ospf state- show information about OSPF network stateshow ospf topology- show information about OSPF network topology
if net = 0.0.0.0/0 then krt_prefsrc = 1.2.3.4- override kernel source ip (krt_prefsrc) for certain routes. There is a ton more here, every tcp parameter can be overriden.