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title: "ASCII Configuration Files - icom OS Routers"
slug: "ascii-configuration-files-en"
updated: 2024-12-13T13:48:01Z
published: 2024-12-13T13:48:01Z
canonical: "docs.insys-icom.com/ascii-configuration-files-en"
---

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# ASCII Configuration Files - icom OS Routers

ASCII configurations are a sequence of commands as they could also be entered in the [CLI](/kb/docs/en/command-line-interface-cli-en). Each line contains a command that modifies the opened [profile](/kb/docs/en/profiles-and-profile-handling-en).

Syntax and parameters can be taken from a downloaded profile in ASCII format for example. However, there are parameters that are not contained in them. These are user passwords and all keys and certificates where the parameter **downloadable** has been set to **0**. Refer to the [CLI description](/kb/docs/en/command-line-interface-cli-en) for further information about the syntax.

Lua scripts permit free programming of an ASCII configuration.

Commands that affect plug-in cards that are not installed will not be taken over to the profile and have no effect.

If the ASCII configuration contains the command **administration.profiles.activate**, the opened profile will be activated directly upon applying the ASCII configuration.