How can you use the “route” command in Linux to view the routing table?

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

In Linux, the route command is used for viewing and manipulating network routing tables. Here are the steps for using the route command to view the routing table:

  1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to view the complete routing table:
  2. show the network route information.
  3. This command will display detailed information about all routing tables, including destination network, gateway, subnet mask, network interface, and routing flags.
  4. You can use the following command to only view the IPv4 routing table.
  5. Display IPv4 routing table.
  6. This will only display detailed information of the IPv4 routing table.
  7. You can use the following command to only view the IPv6 routing table:
  8. Display the IPv6 routing table.
  9. This will only display detailed information of the IPv6 routing table.

Please note that depending on the Linux distribution, the route command may have been deprecated or replaced. In some newer distributions, it is recommended to use the ip route command instead of the route command to manage the routing table.

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