3Com Switch 4200G Configuration Guide

8 CHAPTER 1: CLI OVERVIEW
Command Edit The CLI provides basic command edit functions and supports multi-line editing. The
maximum number of characters a command can contain is 256. Table 8 lists the CLI
edit operations.
Tab le 8 Edit operations
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A common key Insert the character the key represents at the cursor and move the
cursor one character to the right if the edit buffer is not full.
The Backspace key Delete the character on the left of the cursor and move the cursor
one character to the left.
The left arrow key or
<Ctrl+B>
Move the cursor one character to the left.
The right arrow key or
<Ctrl+F>
Move the cursor one character to the right.
The up arrow key or
<Ctrl+P>
The down arrow key or
<Ctrl+N>
Access history commands.
The Tab key Utilize the partial online help. That is, when you enter an incomplete
keyword and the Tab key, if the entered keyword uniquely identifies
an existing keyword, the system completes the keyword and displays
the command on the next line, or else (if the entered keyword
neither uniquely identifies nor matches an existing keyword) the
system displays your original input on a new line without any
change.