ovs-ofctl add-flows <bridge> <file>

Add multiple flows from file. You can create a file with many flows in the server, and copy this file to your switch. Then use this command  ovs-ofctl add-flows <bridge> <file> to add these flows in this file.

Command

ovs-ofctl add-flows <bridge> <file>

Example

There are two flows in file 111.txt. Add these flows in this file as below:

admin@PicOS-OVS$sudo scp sophia.sun@10.10.50.20:/home/sophia.sun/111.txt ./
The authenticity of host '10.10.50.20 (10.10.50.20)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is 8f:f3:ca:a1:b9:a9:67:26:e1:54:dc:6a:62:74:d5:f6.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.10.50.20' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
sophia.sun@10.10.50.20's password:
111.txt 100% 54 0.1KB/s 00:00
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$ls
111.txt
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$ovs-ofctl add-flows br0 111.txt
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$
admin@PicOS-OVS$ovs-ofctl dump-flows br0
OFPST_FLOW reply (OF1.4) (xid=0x2):
cookie=0x0, duration=10.804s, table=0, n_packets=n/a, n_bytes=0, in_port=7 actions=output:8
cookie=0x0, duration=10.800s, table=0, n_packets=n/a, n_bytes=0, in_port=8 actions=output:9