This script parses a plain text formatted Cisco switch configuration file and checks for specific security configuration entries. It displays whether certain configuration requirements pass or fail the check.
One option, though manually intensive if you have a lot of switches, to generate clean show running-configuration dumps is to utilize the logging capabilities of Putty. If you don't backup configs to a central location or utilize some type of enterprise management software like Cisco Prime or SolarWinds this might be your only option. In this example I use the &H option which names the log according to the IP or hostname used for the connection in Putty's Session dialog.
After switch login and enable mode elevation, run the following commands to generate the running config output. This method ensures the printed config output will not include the --More-- dialog used in IOS for manual advancement of the running config view. The terminal length command is persistent for the current session only so exiting will revert back to the previous setting.
switch#terminal length 0
switch#show run