Cisco Systems WSC2960X24TSL Editing Commands through Keystrokes, terminal no editing, Ctrl-A

Using the Command-Line Interface

Enabling and Disabling Editing Features

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 2	terminal no editing	Disables the enhanced editing mode for the current terminal session
		in the privileged EXEC mode.
	Example:
	Switch# terminal no editing

Editing Commands through Keystrokes

The keystrokes help you to edit the command lines. These keystrokes are optional.

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

Table 3: Editing Commands
Editing Commands	Description
Ctrl-B or use the left arrow key	Moves the cursor back one character.
Ctrl-F or use the right arrow key	Moves the cursor forward one character.
Ctrl-A	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command
	line.
Ctrl-E	Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Esc B	Moves the cursor back one word.
Esc F	Moves the cursor forward one word.
Ctrl-T	Transposes the character to the left of the cursor with
	the character located at the cursor.
Delete or Backspace key	Erases the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-D	Deletes the character at the cursor.
Ctrl-K	Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of
	the command line.
Ctrl-U or Ctrl-X	Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning
	of the command line.
Ctrl-W	Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.

	Catalyst 2960-X Switch Network Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)EX
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