BGP paths indicated in the show ip bgp command

When implementing the BGP routing protocol, when the show ip bgp command is applied to a particular prefix, the output is similar to the following:

R1#show ip bgp 4.4.4.4
BGP routing table entry for 4.4.4.4/32, version 2
Paths: (2 available, best #2, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
        1
  3 4
    192.168.13.3 from 192.168.13.3 (192.168.34.3)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  2 4
    192.168.12.2 from 192.168.12.2 (192.168.24.2)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external, best

In the output, you see the term "Paths:". Here the number of available paths and the number of installed best paths will be indicated. The "Default-IP-Routing-Table" appears when the best path is installed in the IP routing table.

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