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The software provides the following scrolling options:
• Press the Space bar to display the next page (one screen at a time).
• Press the Return or Enter key to display the next line (one line at a time).
• Press Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Q to cancel the display.
To toggle page display mode, enter the skip and page commands from the Privileged EXEC level of
the CLI as given below:
Brocade#skip
Disable page display mode
Brocade#page
Enable page display mode
Line editing commands
The CLI supports the following line editing commands. To enter a line-editing command, use the CTRL
+key combination for the command by pressing and holding the CTRL key, then pressing the letter
associated with the command.
CLI line editing commands
TABLE 2
Ctrl+Key combination Description
Ctrl+A
Moves to the first character on the command line.
Ctrl+B
Moves the cursor back one character.
Ctrl+C
Escapes and terminates command prompts and ongoing tasks (such as lengthy displays),
and displays a fresh command prompt.
Ctrl+D
Deletes the character at the cursor.
Ctrl+E
Moves to the end of the current command line.
Ctrl+F
Moves the cursor forward one character.
Ctrl+K
Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line.
Ctrl+L; Ctrl+R
Repeats the current command line on a new line.
Ctrl+N
Enters the next command line in the history buffer.
Ctrl+P
Enters the previous command line in the history buffer.
Ctrl+U; Ctrl+X
Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
Ctrl+W
Deletes the last word you typed.
Ctrl+Z
Moves from any CONFIG level of the CLI to the Privileged EXEC level; at the Privileged
EXEC level, moves to the User EXEC level.
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