Line-Editing Keys

Line-Editing Keys describes the line-editing keys available using the CLI.

Line-Editing Keys

Key(s)	Description
Left arrow or [Ctrl] + B	Moves the cursor one character to the left.
Right arrow or [Ctrl] + F	Moves the cursor one character to the right.
[Ctrl] + H or Backspace	Deletes character to left of cursor and shifts remainder of line to left.
[Delete] or [Ctrl] + D	Deletes character under cursor and shifts remainder of line to left.
[Ctrl] + K	Deletes characters from under cursor to end of line.
[Insert]	Toggles on and off. When toggled on, inserts text and shifts previous text to right.
[Ctrl] + A	Moves cursor to first character in line.
[Ctrl] + E	Moves cursor to last character in line.
[Ctrl] + L	Clears screen and moves cursor to beginning of line.
[Ctrl] + P or Up arrow	Displays previous command in command history buffer and places cursor at end of command.
[Ctrl] + N or Down arrow	Displays next command in command history buffer and places cursor at end of command.
[Ctrl] + U	Clears all characters typed from cursor to beginning of line.
[Ctrl] + W	Deletes previous word.
[Ctrl] + C	Interrupts the current CLI command execution.

Published March 2020prev | next