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Cisco IOS keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 1/22/2019 on https://defkey.com/cisco-ios-cli-shortcuts

Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) is a software family used on most
Cisco Systems routers and Cisco network switches. IOS is a multitasking
operating system that consists of routing, switching, internetworking and
telecommunications functions. It is controlled by a command line interface.

Cisco IOS has 30 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Moving the cursor
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Left arrow              One character to the left
Ctrl + B                One character to the left
Esc then B              Back one word
Esc then F              Forward one word
Ctrl + A                To the beginning of the line
Ctrl + E                To the end of the line
Up arrow                Scroll forward through previous commands
Down arrow              Scroll backwards through previous commands
Ctrl + P                Previous command
Ctrl + N                Next command


Functional
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Ctrl + L                Reprint the line
Ctrl + R                Refresh (start a new line, with same command shown)
Tab                     Command auto-complete
Ctrl + C                Exit / End config mode
Ctrl + Z                Apply the command line and exit from config mode (return to previleged EXEC
mode)
Ctrl + Shift + 6        Break sequence. Use to abort DNS lookups, traceroutes, pings


Controlling capitalization
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Esc then C              Make the letter at the cursor uppercase
Esc then L              Change the word at the cursor lowercase
Esc then U              Make the letter from the cursor to the end of the word uppercase


Delete CLI entries
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Del                     Delete character to the left of the cursor
Backspace               Delete character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl + D                Delete character at the cursor
Ctrl + K                Delete all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line
Ctrl + U                Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Ctrl + X                Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Ctrl + W                Delete word to the left of the cursor
Esc then D              Delete from cursor to the end of the word


Using the delete buffer
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The buffer stores last 10 items deleted by Ctrl + K, Ctrl + U or Ctrl + X.

Buffer is very useful for using complex names in IOS.

Ctrl + Y                Paste most recent entry in the delete buffer ("Y" is for "Yank" from the
buffer)
Esc then Y              Paste the previous entry in the delete buffer ("Y" is for "Yank" from the
buffer)


Transposing mistyped characters
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Ctrl + T                Transpose mistyped character

Sources: sys.dias.ac.cy, Cisco, etherealmind 


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