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D-5
Command Line Interface
Navigation
Conventions
Basic command line navigation conventions are supported. Table D-1
includes the asynchronous commands that are recognized by the CLI.
Table D-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.
^N Control-N Move down one line in the command history.
^P Control-P Move up one line in the command history.
^R Control-R Redraw the line.
^U Control-U Clear the input and reset the line buffer.
^X Control-X Clear the input and reset the line buffer.
<ESC>[A Up Arrow Move up one line in the command history.
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