Supported Keys And Control Characters - Digital Equipment 300 Series AXP Reference Manual

Before You Begin
Console
Mode Keys
and Control
Characters
4–4
Control characters are entered by holding down the key labeled
Ctrl while pressing another key, for example,
Table 4–1 lists the keys and control characters that you can use
while operating in console mode.
Table 4–1 Supported Keys and Control Characters
Key or Control
Character Function
The Return key executes the command that you
Return
enter at the console prompt.
<
x The delete key deletes one character to the left
of the current command line position. On video
terminals, deleted characters will be erased
from the screen. On hardcopy terminals,
deleted characters display within a pair of
backslash delimiters (\ \) as they are deleted.
This character aborts the current command.
Ctrl/C
This command has no effect once control has
been passed from console mode to another
program, such as the operating system or a
loadable diagnostic application.
This command appears as ^C on the screen.
This character suppresses output to the console
Ctrl/O
terminal until the
pressed again.
This command appears as ^O on the screen.
This character suspends output to the console
Ctrl/S
terminal until you press
This character resumes the display that was
Ctrl/Q
previously suspended by pressing
.
Ctrl/C
control character is
Ctrl/O
.
Ctrl/Q
.
Ctrl/S