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Table 22 Retrieve History Command
Operation	Key	Result
Retrieve the next history	Down cursor key <> or	Retrieves the next history
command	<Ctrl+N>	command, if there is any.

Editing Features of the Command Line

The command line interface provides a basic command editing function and supports editing multiple lines. A command cannot be longer than 256 characters. See Table 23.

Table 23 Editing Functions

Key	Function
Common keys	Inserts at the cursor position and the cursor
	moves to the right, if the edition buffer still
	has free space.
Backspace	Deletes the character preceding the cursor
	and the cursor moves backward.
Left cursor key < or Ctrl+B	Moves the cursor a character backward
Right cursor key > or Ctrl+F	Moves the cursor a character forward
Up cursor key ^ or Ctrl+P	Retrieves the history command.
Down cursor key v or Ctrl+N
Tab	Press Tab after typing the incomplete key
	word and the system will execute the partial
	help: If the key word matching the typed one
	is unique, the system will replace the typed
	one with the complete key word and display it
	in a new line. If there is not a matched key
	word or the matched key word is not unique,
	the system will do no modification but
	displays the originally typed word in a new
	line.

Displaying Features of the Command Line

If information to be displayed exceeds one screen, the pause function allows users three choices, as described in Table 24.

Table 24 Display Functions

Key or Command Function

Press Ctrl+C when the display pauses Enter a space when the display pauses

Stop displaying and executing command.

Continue to display the next screen of information.

Press Enter when the display pauses	Continue to display the next line of
	information.