netlist

List of existing networks

Description

A netlist is a list of network names. It can also just hold the name of a single network. A netlist exclusively refers to existing networks.

Examples include

• mynet just one network
• mynet1 mynet2 mynet3 three networks
• mynet* all networks starting with mynet
• *net all networks ending with net
• my*t all networks starting with my & ending
• with t with any number of other characters
• between
• my~net one network starting with my &
• ending with net with any number of other characters
• between
• my?var networks starting with my & ending
• with net with one other character between
• mynet1-mynet6 mynet1, mynet2, …,
• net6 (probably)
• this-that networks this through that,
• inclusive
• _all all networks

The * character indicates to match one or more characters. All networks matching the pattern are returned.

The ~ character also indicates to match one or more characters, but unlike *, only one network is allowed to match. If more than one network matches, an error message is presented.

The ? character matches one character. All networks matching the pattern are returned.

The - character indicates that all networks in the dataset, starting with the network to the left of the - and ending with the network to the right of the - are to be returned.

Many commands understand the keyword _all to mean all networks. Some commands default to using all networks if none are specified.

The networks in the dataset can be reordered with nworder.

Examples

. nwuse glasgow
. nwset

• The next four commands are all equivalent.

. nwsummarize glasgow1 glasgow2 glasgow3
. nwsummarize glasgow1-glasgow3
. nwsummarize glasg*
. nwsummarize _all

See also

• netname, nwsummarize, nworder

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nwcommands version 3.17.6, 9 November 2026 (check your installed version)