Cisco shortcut keys - making life a little easier
Posted by: Ray in Config. Guides, Study Related, Tricks and TipsCisco shortcut Keys, familiar to the CCNA graduates among us and of course those dealing with Cisco kit regularly but probably if your like me some have been long since forgotten. Heres a reminder of how they work………
Delete: Removes the character to the right of the cursor
Backspace: Removes the character to the left of the cursor
Up Arrow: Allows you to scroll forward through previous commands
Down Arrow: Allows you to scroll backwards through previous commands
Ctrl+P (or up arrow): Displays the last command entered
Ctrl+N (or down arrow): Displays previous commands entered
Ctrl+A: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line
Ctrl+E: Moves the cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl+F: Moves forward one character
Ctrl+B: Moves backwards one character
Esc+F: Moves forward one word
Esc+B: Moves backwards one word
Ctrl+R: Redisplays a line (starts a new line, with the same command shown)
Ctrl+U: Erases a line
Ctrl+W: Erases a word
Tab: Completes a partial command
Ctrl+Z: Exits configuration mode, returning you to privileged EXEC mode
Once you know these commands it makes configuring so much easier, I find them especially useful when dealing with devices that have poor connectivity to them for whatever reason and you just want to get in and out.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
these are not Cisco shortcuts. they are implemented through libreadline. you can do the same on a computer with a bash shell.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Hi Kristian,
Thanks for the info, however this is a Cisco related site and I can assure you these work on Cisco kit and are shortcut keys. Don’t take it so literally
Keep your comments coming, all welcome!