Introduction
Editing Features
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Keyboard Shortcuts
The CLI has a range of keyboard shortcuts to assist in editing the CLI commands.
The following table describes the CLI shortcuts.
CLI Command Conventions
When entering commands there are certain command entry standards that apply
to all commands. The following table describes the command conventions.
Keyboard Key Description
Up-arrow Recalls commands from the history buffer,
beginning with the most recent command. Repeat
the key sequence to recall successively older
commands.
Down-arrow Returns the most recent commands from the
history buffer after recalling commands with the
up arrow key. Repeating the key sequence will
recall succes sively more rec ent commands .
Ctrl+A Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
command line.
Ctrl+E Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Ctrl+Z / End Returns back to the Privileged EXEC mode from
any configuration mode.
Backspace Deletes one character left to the cursor position.
Convention Description
[ ] In a command line, square brackets indicate an
option entry.
{ } In a command line, curly brackets indicate a
selection of compulsory parameters separated
the | character. One option must be selected. For
example, flowcontrol {auto|on|off} means that for
the flowcontrol command, either auto, on, or off
must be selected.
parameter Italic text indica tes a parameter.