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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.cli.net;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.routing.Route;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.routing.RouteAdminService;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+/**
+ * Command to remove a route from the routing table.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "route-remove",
+        description = "Removes a route from the route table")
+public class RouteRemoveCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "prefix", description = "IP prefix of the route",
+            required = true)
+    String prefixString = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        RouteAdminService service = AbstractShellCommand.get(RouteAdminService.class);
+
+        IpPrefix prefix = IpPrefix.valueOf(prefixString);
+
+        service.withdraw(Collections.singleton(new Route(Route.Source.STATIC, prefix, null)));
+    }
+
+}