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escape-key
Use
escape-key
to define a shortcut key for terminating a task.
Use
undo escape-key
to disable the shortcut key for terminating a task.
Syntax
escape-key
{
character
|
default
}
undo escape-key
[
default
]
Default
Pressing
Ctrl+C
terminates a task.
Views
User line view, user line class view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
character
: Specifies the shortcut key. It can be a single character, a key sequence, or the ASCII code
value (in the range of 0 to 127) of the character or key sequence.
default
: Restores the default escape key sequence
Ctrl+C
.
Usage guidelines
Some commands might take a long time to complete in some situations, for example, when the
ping
command has 1000 packets to send or when the
tracert
command is used for an unreachable
destination. Before such a command is completed, you can stop the command by pressing the shortcut
key for terminating tasks.
Whether a command can be terminated by
Ctrl+C
by default depends on the software implementation
of the command. For more information, see the description of the command.
HP recommends that you use a key sequence as the shortcut key. If you define a single character as the
shortcut key, pressing the key while a command is being executed stops the command. If no command
is being executed, the result depends on the following:
•
If you are managing the local device, pressing the key enters the character as a common character.
•
If you Telnet to another device and manage the remote device, pressing the key does nothing.
You can execute this command multiple times, but only the most recent configuration takes effect. To view
the current shortcut key definition, use the
display current-configuration
command.
This command is available in both user line view and user line class view:
•
If the setting in user line view is not the default setting, the setting in user line view takes effect.
•
If the setting in user line view is the default setting but the setting in user line class view is not, the
setting in user line class view takes effect.
Examples
# Define character
a
as the shortcut key for terminating a task.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] line aux 0
[Sysname-line-aux0] escape-key a
