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Command editing keys – EXFO BV10 Performance Endpoint Unit User Manual

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Introducing the BV10 CLI

BV10-100 and BV10-1000

35

Entering Commands

Command Editing Keys

The CLI uses common line editing key sequences, as shown in the
following table.

Key Sequence

Result

Enter

Executes the command.

Backspace

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor’s position.

Delete

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor’s position.

Home

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.

End

Moves the cursor to the end of the line.

Moves the cursor to the right one character.

Moves the cursor to the left one character.

Ctrl C

Interrupts/cancels the command.

Recalls the most recently entered command; scrolls back through the command history
buffer each time you press the up arrow key.

Scrolls forward through all of the commands that have been recalled using the up
arrow.

Tab

Completes the command or keyword. See Completing Commands on page 34 for more
information.

Ctrl D

Deletes the character at the cursor’s position.

Ctrl H

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor’s position.

Ctrl I

Re-displays the current line, completing the last word in the line.

Ctrl J

Executes the command.

Ctrl K

Deletes all characters from the cursor’s position to the end of the line.

Ctrl L

Re-displays the current line.

Ctrl M

Executes the command.

Ctrl N

Scrolls forward through all of the commands that have been recalled using Ctrl P or the
Up arrow, one command at a time.

Ctrl P

Recalls the most recently entered command; scrolls back through the command history
buffer each time you repeat the key sequence.