Percent

Pound, hash, or number

...

Ellipsis

Vertical bar

< >

Less than or greater than

[ ]

Brackets

{ }

Braces

Ctrl-A

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.

Ctrl-B

Moves the cursor one character to the left. When you enter a command that extends beyond a single line, you can press the Left Arrow or Ctrl-B keys repeatedly to scroll back toward the system prompt and verify the beginning of the command entry, or you can press the Ctrl-A key combination.

Ctrl-C

Cancels the command and returns to the command prompt.

Ctrl-D

Deletes the character at the cursor.

Ctrl-E

Moves the cursor to the end of the line.

Ctrl-F

Moves the cursor one character to the right.

Ctrl-G

Exits to the previous command mode without removing the command string.

Ctrl-K

Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line.

Ctrl-L

Redisplays the current command line.

Ctrl-N

Displays the next command in the command history.

Ctrl-O

Clears the terminal screen.

Ctrl-P

Displays the previous command in the command history.

Ctrl-R

Redisplays the current command line.

Ctrl-T

Transposes the character under the cursor with the character located to the right of the cursor. The cursor is then moved one character to the right.

Ctrl-U

Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line.

Ctrl-V

Removes any special meaning for the following keystroke. For example, press Ctrl-V before entering a question mark (?) in a regular expression.

Ctrl-W

Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.

Ctrl-X, H

Lists the history of commands you have entered.

When using this key combination, press and release the Ctrl and X keys together before pressing H.

Ctrl-Y

Recalls the most recent entry in the buffer (press keys simultaneously).

Ctrl-Z

Ends a configuration session, and returns you to EXEC mode.

When used at the end of a command line in which a valid command has been typed, the resulting configuration is first added to the running configuration file.

Up arrow key

Displays the previous command in the command history.

Down arrow key

Displays the next command in the command history.

Right arrow key

Left arrow key

Moves your cursor through the command string, either forward or backward, allowing you to edit the current command.

Displays a list of available commands.

Tab

Completes the word for you after you enter the first characters of the word and then press the Tab key. All options that match are presented.

Use tabs to complete the following items:

• Command names

• Scheme names in the file system

• Server names in the file system

• Filenames in the file system

Example:

switch(config)# xm<Tab>
switch(config)# xml<Tab>
switch(config)# xml server

Example:

switch(config)# c<Tab>
callhome  class-map  clock  cts
cdp       cli        control-plane
switch(config)# cl<Tab>
class-map   cli         clock 
switch(config)# cla<Tab> 
switch(config)# class-map

Example:

switch# cd bootflash:<Tab>
bootflash:             bootflash://sup-1/ 
bootflash:///          bootflash://sup-2/ 
bootflash://module-5/  bootflash://sup-active/ 
bootflash://module-6/  bootflash://sup-local/

Example:

switch# cd bootflash://mo<Tab> 
bootflash://module-5/  bootflash://module-6/cv
switch# cd bootflash://module-

configure terminal

conf t

copy running-config startup-config

copy run start

interface ethernet 1/2

int e 1/2

show running-config

sh run

switch# clock ?
  set  HH:MM:SS Current Time 
switch# clock

Displays the command syntax for the clock command in EXEC mode.

The switch output shows that the set keyword is required for using the clock command.

switch# clock set ?
  WORD  HH:MM:SS Current Time 
switch# clock set 

Displays the command syntax for setting the time.

The help output shows that the current time is required for setting the clock and how to format the time.

switch# clock set 13:32:00<CR> 
% Incomplete command 
switch# 

Adds the current time.

The CLI indicates the command is incomplete.

switch# <Ctrl-P>
switch# clock set 13:32:00

Displays the previous command that you entered.

switch# clock set 13:32:00 ?
  <1-31>     Day of the month
switch# clock set 13:32:00

Displays the additional arguments for the clock set command.

switch# clock set 13:32:00 18 ?
  April      Month of the year
  August     Month of the year
  December   Month of the year
  February   Month of the year
  January    Month of the year
  July       Month of the year
  June       Month of the year
  March      Month of the year
  May        Month of the year
  November   Month of the year
  October    Month of the year
  September  Month of the year 
switch# clock set 13:32:00 18

Displays the additional arguments for the clock set command.

switch# clock set 13:32:00 18 April 08<CR>
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Adds the date to the clock setting.

The CLI indicates an error with the caret symbol (^) at 08.

switch# clock set 13:32:00 18 April ?
  <2000-2030>  Enter the year (no abbreviation) 
switch# clock set 13:32:00 18 April

Displays the correct arguments for the year.

switch# clock set 13:32:00 18 April 2008<CR>
switch#

Enters the correct syntax for the clock set command.

[lines]<space>

Displays output lines for either the specified number of lines or the current screen size.

[lines]z

Displays output lines for either the specified number of lines or the current screen size. If you use the lines argument, that value becomes the new default screen size.

[lines]<return>

Displays output lines for either the specified number of lines or the current default number of lines. The initial default is 1 line. If you use the optional lines argument, that value becomes the new default number of lines to display for this command.

[lines]d or [lines]Ctrl+shift+D

Scrolls through output lines for either the specified number of lines or the current default number of lines. The initial default is 11 lines. If you use the optional lines argument, that value becomes the new default number of lines to display for this command.

q or Q or Ctrl-C

Exits the --More-- prompt.

[lines]s

Skips forward in the output for either the specified number of lines or the current default number of lines and displays a screen of lines. The default is 1 line.

[lines]f

Skips forward in the output for either the specified number of screens or the current default number of screens and displays a screen of lines. The default is 1 screen.

=

Displays the current line number.

[count]/expression

Skips to the line that matches the regular expression and displays a screen of output lines. Use the optional count argument to search for lines with multiple occurrences of the expression. This command sets the current regular expression that you can use in other commands.

[count]n

Skips to the next line that matches the current regular expression and displays a screen of output lines. Use the optional count argument to skip past matches.

{! | :![shell-cmd]}

Executes the command specified in the shell-cmd argument in a subshell.

.

Repeats the previous command.