Keystrokes
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Function
Summary
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Function
Details
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ESC+ B
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Back
one word
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Moves the cursor
back one word.
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ESC+ F
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Forward
one word
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Moves the cursor
forward one word.
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CTRL+A
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Beginning of line
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Moves the cursor
to the beginning of the line.
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CTRL+B
or
Left Arrow
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Back
character
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Moves the cursor
one character to the left. When you enter a command that
extends beyond a single line, you can press the Left Arrow or
Ctrl-B keys repeatedly to scroll back toward the system prompt and
verify the beginning of the command entry, or you can press the
Ctrl-A key combination.
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CTRL+F
or
Right Arrow
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Forward
character
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Moves the cursor
one character to the right.
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CTRL+C
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Clear line
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Clears all characters on the present
command line.
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CTRL+D
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Deletes character
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Deletes the character to the left of the
cursor.
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CTRL+E
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End
of line
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Moves the cursor
to the end of the command line.
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CTRL+H
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Backspace character to the left
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Moves the cursor one character to the
left.
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CTRL+I
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Refresh line and go to end
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Redisplays the current command line and
goes to the end of the line.
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CTRL+J
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Return
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Sends the [Return/Enter] key.
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CTRL+K
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Deletes everything on the right of the
cursor
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Deletes all the characters from the
current cursor position to the end of the line.
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CTRL+L
or
CTRL+R
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Refresh line
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Redisplays the current command line.
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CTRL+M
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Return
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Sends the [Return/Enter] key.
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CTRL+N
or
Down Arrow
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Next command
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Displays next command.
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CTRL+P
or
Up Arrow
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Previous command
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Displays previous command.
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CTRL+T
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Flip last 2 characters
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Switches the current character with the character to the left
of the cursor.
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CRTL+U
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Delete line
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Clear line and put in buffer.
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CRTL+V
or
ESC+Q
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Allows a Control Character
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Allows A Control Character To Be Typed.
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CTRL+W
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Erases one word
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Delete word backwards and put in buffer.
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CTRL+X
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Deletes back line
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Clear Line to the Left and Put in Buffer.
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CTRL+Y
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Paste recent deleted character
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Pastes the
most recently deleted characters to the current cursor position
(Paste buffer contents).
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CTRL+Z
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Back out from config mode
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Takes you back to Privileged EXEC Mode. E.g ., if you are in
Global Config Mode Router(config)# and press CTRL+Z it
will take you back to Router# mode.
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ESC+C
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Capitalize character
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Capitalize at
the cursor.
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ESC+D
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Delete characters
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Delete from
the cursor to the end of the word.
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ESC+L
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Change word to lowercase
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Change the
word at the cursor to lowercase.
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ESC+U
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Capitalize characters
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Capitalize
letters from the cursor to the end of the word.
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ESC+Y
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Previous buffer item
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Recalls the
last buffer entry.
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TAB
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Completion
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It completes a partially typed CLI command. E.g if you type
“show run” and press TAB, it will complete the command
as “show running-config“.
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CTRL+ SHIFT+6
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Break
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Send ‘Break’.
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CTRL+SHIFT+6+X
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Exit
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Exits from present session, returning to primary session.
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