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Introduction
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Entering Command Line Interface Commands
Navigation
Conventions
Basic command line navigation conventions are supported. Table 1-1
includes the asynchronous commands that are recognized by the CLI.
Table 1-1 CLI Command Tree Navigation Conventions
Character Sequence Common Name Action or Description
<CR> Carriage Return Pass a completed line to the
parser.
<DEL> Delete Backspace one character
and delete the character.
<NL> New Line Pass a completed line to the
parser.
<SP> Space Used to separate keywords.
# Pound Sign Used to designate
comments in a script.
? Question Mark Provide help information.
“ Quotation Mark Used to surround a single
token.
^A Control-A Position the cursor to the
start of the line.
^B Control-B Position the cursor left one
character.
^D Control-D Delete the current character.
^E Control-E Position the cursor to the
end of the line.
^F Control-F Position the cursor right one
character.
^H Control-H Backspace one character
and delete the character.
^I Tab Complete the current
keyword.
^K Control-K Delete to the end of the line.
^L Control-L Redraw the line.