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Terminal Editing Command Reference
Terminal Editing Command Reference
This appendix lists all the terminal editing commands and conventions, including enhanced editing features. All the command-line editing features are described below:
E1
Ctrl-A
Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
E
Ctrl-B
Move the cursor back one character.
NE2
Ctrl-C
Break out of the command without any change to the settings.
E
Ctrl-D
Delete the character at the cursor.
E
Ctrl-E
Move the cursor to the end of the command line.
E
Ctrl-F
Move the cursor forward one character.
NE
Ctrl-I
Recall a complete command name; same as the Tab key operation.
E
Ctrl-K
Delete all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line
E
Ctrl-L
Redisplay the current command line, same as the Ctrl-R key.
E
Ctrl-N
Recall the most recent command in the command history relative to the current pointer in the history list.
E
Ctrl-P
Recall the oldest command in the command history, beginning with the most recent command.
E
Ctrl-R
Redisplay the current command line; same as Ctrl-L key.
E
Ctrl-T
Transpose the characters to the left of the cursor with the character located at the cursor.
E
Ctrl-U
Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
E
Ctrl-V
Insert a code to indicate that the immediately following value is a command entry.
E
Ctrl-W
Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
E
Ctrl-X
Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
E
Ctrl-Y
Recall the most recent entry in the buffer (which contains the last ten items you deleted).
E
Esc-B
Move the cursor back one word.
E
Esc-C
Capitalize the word at the cursor.
E
Esc-D
Delete from the cursor to the end of the word.
E
Esc-F
Move the cursor forward one word.
E
Esc-L
Change the word at the cursor to lowercase.
E
Esc-Q
Insert a code to indicate that the immediately following value is a command entry.
E
Esc-U
Capitalize letters from the cursor to the end of the word.
E
Esc-Y
Recall the next deleted buffer. (Effective after using Ctrl-Y.)
NE
Backspace
Erases the character to the left of the cursor.
NE
TAB
Completes a partial entry for a command name.
NE
DEL
Deletes the character at the cursor.
1 E = Enhanced. Works in enhanced editing mode only.
2 NE = Not enhanced. Always works.
The editing commands can be logically grouped as follows: