Moving Around and Editing the Command Line

In the CLI, you can use keyboard sequences to move around on a command line and edit the command line.

You can also use keyboard sequences to scroll through a list of recently executed commands. Table 2 lists the CLI keyboard sequences. They are the same as those used in Emacs.

Table 2: CLI Keyboard Sequences

Category	Action	Keyboard Sequence
Move the Cursor	Move the cursor back one character.	Ctrl-b
	Move the cursor back one word.	Esc-b or Alt-b
	Move the cursor forward one character.	Ctrl-f
	Move the cursor forward one word.	Esc-f or Alt-f
	Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line.	Ctrl-a
	Move the cursor to the end of the command line.	Ctrl-e
Delete Characters	Delete the character before the cursor.	Ctrl-h, Delete, or Backspace
	Delete the character at the cursor.	Ctrl-d
	Delete all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line.	Ctrl-k
	Delete all characters on the command line.	Ctrl-u or Ctrl-x
	Delete the word before the cursor.	Ctrl-w, Esc-Backspace, or Alt-Backspace
	Delete the word after the cursor.	Esc-d or Alt-d
Insert Recently Deleted Text	Insert the most recently deleted text at the cursor.	Ctrl-y
Redraw the Screen	Redraw the current line.	Ctrl-l
Display Previous Command Lines	Scroll backward through the list of recently executed commands.	Ctrl-p
	Scroll forward through the list of recently executed commands.	Ctrl-n
	Search the CLI history in reverse order for lines matching the search string.	Ctrl-r
	Search the CLI history by typing some text at the prompt, followed by the keyboard sequence. The CLI attempts to expand the text into the most recent word in the history for which the text is a prefix.	Esc-/
Repeat Keyboard Sequences	Specify the number of times to execute a keyboard sequence. number can be from 1 through 9.	Esc-number sequence or Alt-number sequence