Cisco Systems 3750E manual Editing Commands through Keystrokes, Capability Keystroke1 Purpose

Chapter 2 Using the Command-Line Interface

Using Editing Features

Editing Commands through Keystrokes

Table 2-5shows the keystrokes that you need to edit command lines. These keystrokes are optional.

Table 2-5	Editing Commands through Keystrokes
Capability		Keystroke1	Purpose
Move around the command line to		Press Ctrl-B, or press the	Move the cursor back one character.
make changes or corrections.		left arrow key.
		Press Ctrl-F, or press the	Move the cursor forward one character.
		right 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.
		Press Ctrl-T.	Transpose the character to the left of the cursor with the
			character located at the cursor.
Recall commands from the buffer and		Press Ctrl-Y.	Recall the most recent entry in the buffer.
paste them in the command line. The
switch provides a buffer with the last
ten items that you deleted.
		Press Esc Y.	Recall the next buffer entry.
			The buffer contains only the last 10 items that you have
			deleted or cut. If you press Esc Y more than ten times, you
			cycle to the first buffer entry.
Delete entries if you make a mistake		Press the Delete or	Erase the character to the left of the cursor.
or change your mind.		Backspace key.
		Press Ctrl-D.	Delete the character at the cursor.
		Press Ctrl-K.	Delete all characters from the cursor to the end of the
			command line.
		Press Ctrl-U or Ctrl-X.	Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of
			the command line.
		Press Ctrl-W.	Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
		Press Esc D.	Delete from the cursor to the end of the word.
Capitalize or lowercase words or		Press Esc C.	Capitalize at the cursor.
capitalize a set of letters.
		Press Esc L.	Change the word at the cursor to lowercase.
		Press Esc U.	Capitalize letters from the cursor to the end of the word.
Designate a particular keystroke as		Press Ctrl-V or Esc Q.
an executable command, perhaps as a
shortcut.

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