Command Line Editing

The system controller has a basic command line editor that allows you to edit the command line. The keys you press are not echoed on the screen.

TABLE 2-6lists the keystrokes used to perform basic command line editing.

■To use the Control key sequences, hold down the Control key while typing the following character (TABLE 2-6).

■To use Escape key sequences, press and release the Escape key. Then press and release the following character (TABLE 2-6).

TABLE 2-6Command Line Editing Capabilities

Keystroke	Description

Backspace	Erases the character before the cursor.
(Control-h)
Delete	Erases the character before the cursor.
Control-U	Erases the entire line.
Control-C	Cancels editing the command line. The command is not executed.
Return	Finishes editing the line.
Control-b	Moves backward one character.
Esc-b	Moves backward one word.
Control-f	Moves forward one character.
Esc-f	Moves forward one word.
Control-a	Moves backward to the beginning of the line.
Control-e	Moves forward to the end of the line.
Esc-h	Erases from the beginning of the word to just before the cursor.
	Stores erased characters in a save buffer.
Control-w	Erases from the beginning of the word to just before the cursor.
	Stores erased characters in a save buffer.
Control-d	Erases next character.
Esc-d	Erases from the cursor to the end of the word. Stores erased
	characters in a save buffer.
Control-k	Erases from the cursor to the end of the line. Stores erased characters
	in a save buffer.
Control-u	Erases the entire line. Stores erased characters in a save buffer.

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