Cisco CLI Edit Keys

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[CTRL]+D - Delete the character at the cursor position.

[CTRL]+W - Delete one 'word' to the left. Effectively, delete left to the next blank space. If the cursor is on a character, it remains, input to the left is deleted. If the cursor is on a blank space and there are blank spaces immediately to the left, this command will delete left to the next blank space after a word/character is encountered.

[ESC]+B - Move cursor one word to the left

[ESC]+D - Delete one 'word' to the right. Effectively, delete right to the next blank space. If the cursor is on a character, it remains, input to the right is deleted. If the cursor is on a blank space and there are blank spaces immediately to the right, this command will delete right to the next blank space after a word/character is encountered.

[ESC]+F - Move cursor one work to the right

[CTRL]+U - Delete everything to the left of the cursor. If the cursor is on a character, it remains. CTRL-X also works.

[CTRL]+K - Delete everything to the right of the cursor. If the cursor is on a character, it is also deleted.

[CTRL]+Y - Insert (or paste) the most recent deletion.

[CTRL]+L or R - Refresh line, essentially a new line but with existing text

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