{"id":4142,"date":"2024-03-13T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-linux-static-routing-configuration-file\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T03:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T03:53:20","slug":"how-to-view-a-linux-static-routing-configuration-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-linux-static-routing-configuration-file\/","title":{"rendered":"View Linux Static Routing Config"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Linux system, the static route configuration files are typically located in \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route-<interface> or \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route-<interface>&#8211;<network>, where <interface> is the name of the network interface and <network> is the CIDR representation of the target network. To view the static route configuration file, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>cat \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route-&lt;interface&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>cat \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route-&lt;interface&gt;-&lt;network&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>You can use the cat command to view the contents of the static route configuration file. If the file does not exist, it means that there is no static route configured for the corresponding network interface or target network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Linux system, the static route configuration files are typically located in \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route- or \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/route-&#8211;, where is the name of the network interface and is the CIDR representation of the target network. 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