Startup and General Configuration Summary
Basic Line Editing Commands
3-20 Matrix E1 Series (1G58x-09 and 1H582-xx) Configuration Guide
3.1.9 Basic Line Editing Commands
The CLI supports EMACs-like line editing commands. Table 3-3 lists some commonly used
commands.
Table 3-3 Basic Line Editing Commands
Key Sequence Command
Ctrl+A Move cursor to beginning of line.
Ctrl+B Move cursor back one character.
Ctrl+C Abort command.
Ctrl+D Delete character.
Ctrl+E Move cursor to end of line.
Ctrl+F Move cursor forward one character.
Ctrl+H Delete character to left of cursor.
Ctrl+I or TAB key Command completion.
Ctrl+K Delete all characters after cursor.
Ctrl+L or Ctrl+R Re-display line.
Ctrl+N Scroll to next command in command history (use the CLI show history
command to display the history).
Ctrl+P Scroll to previous command in command history.
Ctrl+T Transpose characters.
Ctrl+U Erase entire line.
Ctrl+W Delete word to the left of cursor.
Ctrl+X Delete all characters before the cursor.
Ctrl+Y Restore the most recently deleted item.
Ctrl+Z Delete all characters before the cursor.