Table 13 Global commands

Command

Action

who

Displays users who are logged in.

Command line history and editing

Using the command line interface, you can retrieve and modify previously entered commands with just a few keystrokes. The following options are available globally at the command line:

Table 14 Command line history and editing options

Option

Description

history

Displays a numbered list of the last ten previously entered commands.

!!

Repeats the last entered command.

!n

Repeats the nth command shown on the history list.

<Ctrl-p>or

Recalls the previous command from the history list. This can be used multiple times to work

Up arrow key

backward through the last ten commands. The recalled command can be entered as is, or

 

edited using the options below.

<Ctrl-n> or

Recalls the next command from the history list. This can be used multiple times to work

Down arrow key

forward through the last ten commands. The recalled command can be entered as is, or

 

edited using the options below.

<Ctrl-a>

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.

<Ctrl-e>

Moves cursor to the end of the command line.

<Ctrl-b>or

Moves the cursor back one position to the left.

Left arrow key

 

<Ctrl-f>or

Moves the cursor forward one position to the right.

Right arrow key

 

<Backspace> or Delete

Erases one character to the left of the cursor position.

key

 

<Ctrl-d>

Deletes one character at the cursor position.

<Ctrl-k>

Erases all characters from the cursor position to the end of the command line.

<Ctrl-l>

Redisplays the current line.

<Ctrl-u>

Clears the entire line.

Other keys

Inserts new characters at the cursor position.

.

Prints the current level menu list.

..

Moves to the previous directory level.

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