MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

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Miscellaneous
CTRL-J
CTRL-M
ENTER Execute current command line.
CTRL-L Re-display current command line.
CTRL-O Remember the next command line, execute the current command line, then se-
lect the remembered line.
CTRL-U Multiply the count on the following command by 4 (for each CTRL-U).
CTRL-V Display the version of the shell.
\ Take the next character literally. Thus command and control characters can be
entered in a command line or search string.
eof (end-of-file character)
CTRL-D Terminate the shell.
META-n Enter a count for the following command.
Vi EDITING MODE
When the Vi editing facilities have been enabled by any of the means discussed in the first
paragraph, the shell is initially in input mode after each new prompt. Keyboard input is nor-
mally inserted at the current position in the current command line; the exceptions are the fol-
lowing action keys.
Note: In input mode the cursor arrow keys are ignored.
erase (erase character)
BACKSPACE
CTRL-H Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
eof (end-of-file character)
CTRL-D Terminate the shell.
CTRL-W Delete the word (white-space delimited string) to the left of the cursor.
kill (line kill character)
CTRL-X Delete the current line.
CTRL-J
CTRL-M
ENTER Execute the current line.
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