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Table 20 Retrieve History Command
Operation Key
Retrieve the previous Up cursor key <> or <Ctrl+P> Retrieves the previous history
history command
Retrieve the next history Down cursor key <> or
command <Ctrl+N>
Note: Cursor keys can be used to retrieve the history commands in Windows 3.X
Terminal and Telnet. However, in Windows 9X HyperTerminal, the cursor keys and
do not work, because Windows 9X HyperTerminal defines the two keys differently.
In this case, use the combination keys <Ctrl+P> and <Ctrl+N> instead for the same
purpose.
Editing Features of the Command Line
The command line interface provides a basic command editing function and
supports editing multiple lines. A command cannot be longer than 256 characters.
See Table 21.
Table 21 Editing Functions
Key
Common keys
Backspace
Leftwards cursor key <> or Ctrl+B
Rightwards cursor key <> or Ctrl+F Moves the cursor a character forward
Up cursor key <> or Ctrl+P
Down cursor key <> or Ctrl+N
Tab
Displaying Features of the Command Line
If information to be displayed exceeds one screen, the pause function allows users
three choices, as descrbed in Table 22.
Table 22 Display Functions
Key or Command
Press Ctrl+C when the display
pauses
Enter a space when the display
pauses
Press Enter when the display pauses Continue to display the next line of information.
command, if there is any.
Retrieves the next history
command, if there is any.
Function
Inserts at the cursor position and the cursor moves to the
right, if the edition buffer still has free space.
Deletes the character preceding the cursor and the cursor
moves backward.
Moves the cursor a character backward
Retrieves the history command.
Press Tab after typing the incomplete key word and the
system will execute the partial help: If the key word
matching the typed one is unique, the system will replace
the typed one with the complete key word and display it
in a new line. If there is not a matched key word or the
matched key word is not unique, the system will do no
modification but displays the originally typed word in a
new line.
Function
Stop displaying and executing command.
Continue to display the next screen of information.
Result