To
Correct
a
Typing
Mistake
There are several ways
to
correct a
mistake
that
you
notice before
you
press the
Enter
key.
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One
of
the easiest
is
use the Backspace
key
to
move the cursor backward, under
the
leftmost wrong character. The
Backspace key deletes characters as
it
moves the cursor
to
the left. (The
Backspace key
is
located on the top
row
next
to
the Num Lock key.)
Now
type
the correct characters, and
press the
Enter
key when everything
is
the way
you
want it.
Another
way, if the line
is
just
too
messed
up
to
worry about,
is
to
press
the Esc (Escape) key. A Backslash (\)
is displayed, and the cursor moves
,,-......,
down one line on the screen. This
cancels the messed-up line and you
can
then
type the command correctly.
More ways
to
correct typing mistakes
("editing")
are
discussed in the Disk Operating
System
book;
but
these
two keys should be enough
to
get
you
started.
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