
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.
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■To use the Control key sequences, hold down the Control key while typing the following character (TABLE
■To use Escape key sequences, press and release the Escape key. Then press and release the following character (TABLE
TABLE 2-6 Command Line Editing Capabilities
Keystroke | Description |
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Backspace | Erases the character before the cursor. |
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Delete | Erases the character before the cursor. |
Erases the entire line. | |
Cancels editing the command line. The command is not executed. | |
Return | Finishes editing the line. |
Moves backward one character. | |
Moves backward one word. | |
Moves forward one character. | |
Moves forward one word. | |
Moves backward to the beginning of the line. | |
Moves forward to the end of the line. | |
Erases from the beginning of the word to just before the cursor. | |
| Stores erased characters in a save buffer. |
Erases from the beginning of the word to just before the cursor. | |
| Stores erased characters in a save buffer. |
Erases next character. | |
Erases from the cursor to the end of the word. Stores erased | |
| characters in a save buffer. |
Erases from the cursor to the end of the line. Stores erased characters | |
| in a save buffer. |
Erases the entire line. Stores erased characters in a save buffer. | |
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