Operation Manual - Getting Started
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3 Command Line Interface
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3.3.5 Editing Characteristics of Command Line
Command line interface provides the basic command editing function and supports to
edit multiple lines. A command cannot longer than 256 characters. See the table below.
Table 3-5 Editing functions
Key Function
Common keys
Insert from the cursor position and the cursor moves to the
right, if the edition buffer still has free space.
Backspace
Delete the character preceding the cursor and the cursor
moves backward.
Leftwards cursor key
<←> or <Ctrl+B>
Move the cursor a character backward
Rightwards cursor key
<→> or <Ctrl+F>
Move the cursor a character forward
Up cursor key <↑> or
<Ctrl+P>
Down cursor key <↓>
or <Ctrl+N>
Retrieve the history command.
<Tab>
Press <Tab> after typing the incomplete key word and the
system will execute the partial help: If the key word
matching the typed one is unique, the system will replace
the typed one with the complete key word and display it in
a new line; if there is not a matched key word or the
matched key word is not unique, the system will do no
modification but display the originally typed word in a new
line.