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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Command Reference
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Chapter 1 Using the WAAS Command-Line Interface
Using Command-Line Processing
Using Command-Line Processing
Cisco WAAS software commands are not case sensitive. You can abbreviate commands and parameters
as long as they contain enough letters to be different from any other currently available commands or
parameters.
You can also scroll through the last 20 commands stored in the history buffer and enter or edit the
command at the prompt.
Table 1-2 lists and describes the function performed by the available WAAS
command-line processing options.
Checking Command Syntax
The user interface provides error isolation in the form of an error indicator, a caret symbol (^). The ^
symbol appears at the point in the command string where you have entered an incorrect command,
keyword, or argument.
In the following example, suppose you want to set the clock. Use context-sensitive help to check the
syntax for setting the clock.
WAE# clock 1222
^
%Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker.
Ta b l e 1-2 Command-Line Processing Keystroke Combinations
Keystroke Combinations Function
Ctrl-A Jumps to the first character of the command line.
Ctrl-B or the Left Arrow key Moves the cursor back one character.
Ctrl-C Escapes and terminates prompts and tasks.
Ctrl-D Deletes the character at the cursor.
Ctrl-E Jumps to the end of the current command line.
Ctrl-F or the Right Arrow key
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1. The arrow keys function only on ANSI-compatible terminals such as VT100s.
Moves the cursor forward one character.
Ctrl-K Deletes from the cursor to the end of the command line.
Ctrl-L Repeats the current command line on a new line.
Ctrl-N or the Down Arrow key
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Enters the next command line in the history buffer.
Ctrl-P or the Up Arrow key
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Enters the previous command line in the history buffer.
Ctrl-T Transposes the character at the cursor with the character to the left
of the cursor.
Ctrl-U; Ctrl-X Deletes from the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
Ctrl-W Deletes the last word typed.
Esc-B Moves the cursor back one word.
Esc-D Deletes from the cursor to the end of the word.
Esc-F Moves the cursor forward one word.
Delete key or Backspace key Erases a mistake when entering a command; re-enter the
command after using this key.