Editing Characteristics Of Command Line - Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Operation Manual

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3.3.5 Editing Characteristics of Command Line

Command line interface provides the basic command editing function and supports to
edit multiple lines. A command cannot longer than 256 characters. See the table below.
Table 3-5 Editing functions
Common keys
Backspace
Leftwards cursor key
<←> or <Ctrl+B>
Rightwards cursor key
<→> or <Ctrl+F>
Up cursor key <↑> or
<Ctrl+P>
Down cursor key <↓>
or <Ctrl+N>
<Tab>
Key
Insert from the cursor position and the cursor moves to the
right, if the edition buffer still has free space.
Delete the character preceding the cursor and the cursor
moves backward.
Move the cursor a character backward
Move the cursor a character forward
Retrieve 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 display the originally typed word in a new
line.
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