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Table 65
Command line history and editing options (cont’d.)
Option
Description
Ctrl+b
Move the cursor back, one position to the left. You can also use the
left arrow key.
Ctrl+f
Move the cursor forward, one position to the right. You can also use
the right arrow key.
Backspace Erase one character to the left of the cursor position. You can also
use the Delete key.
Ctrl+d
Delete one character at the cursor position.
Ctrl+k
Kill (erase) all characters from the cursor position to the end of the
command line.
Ctrl+l
Rewrite the most recent command.
Ctrl+c
Abort an on-going transaction. TIP: Press Ctrl+c when there is no
on-going transaction, in order to display the current menu.
ATTENTION
Pressing Ctrl+c does not abort screen output generated by the
cur command. Press q to abort the extensive screen output that
may result from the cur command.
Ctrl+u
Clear the entire line.
Other keys
Insert new characters at the cursor position.
CLI shortcuts
You can use the following CLI command shortcuts:
•
“Command stacking” (page 417)
• “Command abbreviation” (page 418)
•
“Tab completion” (page 418)
•
“Using a submenu name as a command argument” (page 418)
Command stacking
To access a submenu and one of the related menu options, you can type
multiple commands, separated by forward slashes (/), on a single line.
For example, to access the list command in the NTP Servers menu from
the Main menu prompt, use the following keyboard shortcut:
>> Main# cfg/sys/time/ntp/list
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Using the Command Line Interface
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28 July 2008
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