Cisco CLI shortcuts
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| Cursor Movement | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Move cursor to the beginning for the line |
| Ctrl+E | Move cursor to the end of the line, E for End |
| Ctrl+F | Move cursor forward one character, F for Forward |
| Esc+F | Moves forward one word, escape version |
| Ctrl+B | Move cursor backward, B for Backward |
| Esc+B | Moves backwards one word, escape version |
| Ctrl+P | Previous command, P for Previous – also up arrow |
| Ctrl+N | Next command, N for Next – also down arrow |
| Editing | |
| Ctrl+W | Delete the word to the left from the cursor, W for Word |
| Ctrl+U | Delete characters from the cursor to beginning of the line |
| Ctrl+T | Swap or transpose the current character with the one before it, T for Transpose |
| Ctrl+K | Delete characters from the cursor to end of the line |
| Ctrl+X | Delete characters from the cursor to beginning of the line |
| Ctrl+D | Delete the character to the right of the cursor. |
| Esc+D | Delete from Cursor to end of word |
| Functional Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+L | Reprint the line, L for Line |
| Ctrl+R | Refresh,R for Repeat – starts a new line, with the same command shown. Useful when the system sends a message to the screen while a command is being entered and your are not using line synchronization. |
| Tab | Command auto-complete |
| Ctrl+C | Exit. Exit from config mode |
| Ctrl+Z | Apply the command line and exit from config mode ie. return to privileged EXEC mode. |
| Ctrl+Shift+6, then X | CTRL-SHIFT-6 is one action, the X is the second action |
| Less Common Shortcuts | |
| Esc, C | Makes the letter at the cursor uppercase, C for Capital |
| Esc, L | Changes the word at the cursor to lowercase, L for Lower |
| Esc, U | Makes letters from the cursor to the end of the word uppercase, U for Uppercase. |
| Using the Delete Buffer | |
| The buffer stores the last ten items that have been deleted using Ctrl-K, Ctrl-U, or Ctrl-X | |
| Ctrl-Y | Paste the most recent entry in the delete buffer, Y for “Yank” as in Yank from buffer |
| Esc-Y | Paste the Previous entry in the history buffer, Y for “Yank” as in Yank from buffer |