Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 3-5
CLI and RS Basics
Using Line Editing Commands
Ctrl+t
Transpose the character under the cursor with the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-u
Delete the line from the beginning of the line to the cursor.
Ctrl-v
No action.
Ctrl+w
No action.
Ctrl+x
Move forward one word.
Ctrl-y
Paste back what was deleted by the previous Ctrl+k or Ctrl+w command. The text
is pasted back at the cursor location.
Ctrl+z
If in a facility, exit back to the next top level. If in the enable mode, exit back to the
user mode. If in the configure mode, exit back to the enable mode.
ESC b
Move backward one word.
ESC d
Kill the word from the cursor’s current location to the first white space.
ESC f
Move forward one word.
ESC
BackSpace
Delete backwards from cursor to the previous space (essentially a
delete-word-backward command)
Space Bar
Completes the command keyword. If the word is not a keyword, a space character
is inserted.
! *
Show all commands currently stored in the history buffer.
! #
Recall a specific history command. # is the number of the history command to be
recalled.
“<string>”
Opaque strings may be specified using double quotes. This prevents interpretation
of otherwise special CLI characters.
Table 3-1
CLI line editing commands (Continued)
Command
Resulting Action
