Keyboard Shortcuts

If you use CLI to manage your Cisco routers & switches then you should to get familiarized with the keyboard shortcuts as the can save you a lot of time & typings.

Here's the shortcut list:

• Ctrl+B: Moves back one character at a time
• EscB: Moves back one word at a time
• Ctrl+A: Moves to the start of a line
• Ctrl+F: Moves forward one character at a time
• Esc+F: Moves forward one word at a time
• Ctrl+E: Moves to the end of a line
• Delete: Erases the character to the left of the cursor
• Backspace: Erases the character to the left of the cursor
• Ctrl+D: Deletes the character at the cursor
• Ctrl+K: Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the line
• Ctrl+U: Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the line
• Ctrl+X: Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the line
• Ctrl+W: Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
• Esc+D: Deletes from the cursor to the end of a word

If none of these commands work, enhanced editing may be turned off. You can turn on enhanced editing issuing the command at the privileged command prompt:

Router# terminal editing