Asante Technologies 35516 Moving Around on the Command Line, Completing a Partial Command Name

•Editing Command Lines that Wrap

•Deleting Entries

•Scrolling Down a Line or a Screen

•Redisplaying the Current Command Line

•Transposing Mistyped Characters

•Controlling Capitalization

3.8.1 Moving Around on the Command Line

Use the following commands to move the cursor around on the command line in order to make corrections or changes:

Command	Purpose
Press Ctrl-Bor press the left	Move the cursor back one character.
arrow key.
Press Ctrl-For press the right	Move the cursor forward one character.
arrow key.
Press Ctrl-A.	Move the cursor to the beginning of the command
	line.
Press Ctrl-E.	Move the cursor to the end of the command line.
Press Esc B.	Move the cursor back one word.
Press Esc F.	Move the cursor forward one word.

Note: The arrow keys function only on ANSI-compatible terminals such as VT100s.

3.8.2 Completing a Partial Command Name

If you cannot remember a complete command name, press the Tab key to allow the system to complete a partial entry.

Keystrokes	Purpose
Enter the first few letters and	Complete a command name.
press the Tab key.

If your keyboard does not have a Tab key, press Ctrl-I instead.

In the following example, when you enter the letters “conf” and press the Tab key, the system provides the complete command:

Router# conf<Tab>

Router# configure

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