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Chapter 6      Using the Command-Line Interface
Using Editing Features
Using Editing Features
This section describes the editing features that can help you manipulate the command line. It contains 
these sections:
• Enabling and Disabling Editing Features, page 6-8
• Editing Commands Through Keystrokes, page 6-8
• Editing Command Lines That Wrap, page 6-9
Enabling and Disabling Editing Features
Although enhanced editing mode is automatically enabled, you can disable it.
To re-enable the enhanced editing mode for the current terminal session, enter this command in 
privileged EXEC mode: 
br# terminal editing
To reconfigure a specific line to have enhanced editing mode, enter this command in line configuration 
mode: 
br(config-line)# editing
To globally disable enhanced editing mode, enter this command in line configuration mode: 
br(config-line)# no editing
Editing Commands Through Keystrokes
Table 6-5 shows the keystrokes that you need to edit command lines.
Table 6-5 Editing Commands Through Keystrokes
Capability Keystroke Purpose
Move around the command line to 
make changes or corrections.
Ctrl-B or the left arrow 
key
1
Move the cursor back one character. 
Ctrl-F or the right arrow 
key
1
Move the cursor forward one character. 
Ctrl-A Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
Ctrl-E Move the cursor to the end of the command line.
Esc B Move the cursor back one word.
Esc F Move the cursor forward one word.
Ctrl-T Transpose the character to the left of the cursor with the 
character located at the cursor.
Recall commands from the buffer and 
paste them in the command line. The 
access point/bridge provides a buffer 
with the last ten items that you 
deleted.
Ctrl-Y Recall the most recent entry in the buffer.
Esc Y Recall the next buffer entry.
The buffer contains only the last 10 items that you have 
deleted or cut. If you press Esc Y more than ten times, you 
cycle to the first buffer entry.