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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.

Line editing commands

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