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Table 2 System-reserved hotkeys
Hotkey Function
Ctrl+A
Moves the cursor to the beginning of a line.
Ctrl+B
Moves the cursor one character to the left.
Ctrl+C
Stops the current command.
Ctrl+D
Deletes the character at the cursor.
Ctrl+E
Moves the cursor to the end of a line.
Ctrl+F
Moves the cursor one character to the right.
Ctrl+H
Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl+K
Aborts the connection request.
Ctrl+R
Redisplays the current line.
Ctrl+V
Pastes text from the clipboard.
Ctrl+W
Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl+X
Deletes all characters to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl+Y
Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl+Z
Returns to user view.
Ctrl+]
Terminates the current connection.
Esc+B
Moves the cursor back one word.
Esc+D
Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the word.
Esc+F
Moves the cursor forward one word.
Enabling redisplaying entered-but-not-submitted commands
Your input might be interrupted by system information output. If redisplaying
entered-but-not-submitted commands is enabled, the system redisplays your input after finishing the
output. You can then continue entering the command line.
To enable redisplaying entered-but-not-submitted commands:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enable redisplaying
entered-but-not-sub
mitted commands.
info-center synchronous
By default, the system does not redisplay
entered-but-not-submitted commands.
For more information about this command, see
Network Management and Monitoring
Command Reference.
Understanding command-line error messages
After you press Enter to submit a command, the command line interpreter examines the command
syntax.
• If the command passes syntax check, the CLI executes the command.