Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Help command

	Basic navigation 89
Key combination	Function
Ctrl+F	Forward 1 character
Ctrl+H	Delete character left of cursor (Backspace key)
Tab	Command/parameter completion
Ctrl+K and Ctrl+R	Redisplay line
Ctrl+N or Down arrow	Next history command
Ctrl+P or Up arrow	Previous history command
Ctrl+T	Transpose characters
Ctrl+U	Delete entire line
Ctrl+W	Delete word left of cursor
Ctrl+X	Delete all characters to left of cursor
Ctrl+z	Exit Global Configuration mode (to Privileged EXEC
	mode)
?	Context-sensitive help
Esc+C and Esc+U	Capitalize character at cursor
Esc+l	Change character at cursor to lowercase
Esc+B	Move back 1 word
Esc+D	Delete 1 word to the right
Esc+F	Move 1 word forward

help command

The help command is in all command modes and displays a brief message about using the CLI help system. The syntax for the help command is:

help

The help command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode.

The help command has no parameters or variables.

Figure 24 "help command output" (page 90) shows the output from the help command.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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