| Move the Cursor |
Move the cursor back one character.
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Ctrl+b
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Move the cursor back one word.
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Esc+b or Alt+b
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Move the cursor forward one character.
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Ctrl+f
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Move the cursor forward one word.
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Esc+f or Alt+f
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Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
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Ctrl+a
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Move the cursor to the end of the command line.
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Ctrl+e
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| Delete Characters |
Delete the character before the cursor.
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Ctrl+h, Delete, or Backspace
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Delete the character at the cursor.
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Ctrl+d
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Delete all characters from the cursor to the end of the
command line.
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Ctrl+k
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Delete all characters on the command line.
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Ctrl+u or Ctrl+x
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Delete the word before the cursor.
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Ctrl+w, Esc+Backspace, or Alt+Backspace
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Delete the word after the cursor.
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Esc+d or Alt+d
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| Insert Recently Deleted Text |
Insert the most recently deleted text at the cursor.
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Ctrl+y
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| Redraw the Screen |
Redraw the current line.
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Ctrl+l
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| Display Previous Command
Lines |
Scroll backward through the list of recently executed
commands.
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Ctrl+p
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Scroll forward through the list of recently executed
commands.
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Ctrl+n
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Search the CLI history in reverse order for lines matching
the search string.
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Ctrl+r
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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.
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Esc+/
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| Display Previous Command Words |
Scroll backward through the list of recently entered
words in a command line.
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Esc+. or Alt+.
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| Repeat Keyboard Sequences |
Specify the number of times to execute a keyboard sequence. number can be from 1 through 9 and sequence is the keyboard sequence that you want to execute.
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Esc+number sequence or Alt+number sequence
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