Juniper Keyboard Sequences to Move Around and Edit the Junos OS CLI
Table 1: CLI Keyboard Shortcuts
| Keyboard sequence | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+b | Move the cursor back one character. |
| Esc+b or Alt+b | Move the cursor back one word. |
| Ctrl+f | Move the cursor forward one character. |
| Esc+f or Alt+f | Move the cursor forward one word. |
| Ctrl+a | Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line. |
| Ctrl+e | Move the cursor to the end of the command line. |
| Ctrl+h, Delete, or Backspace | Delete the character before the cursor. |
| Ctrl+d | Delete the character at the cursor. |
| Ctrl+k | Delete the all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line. |
| Ctrl+u or Ctrl+x | Delete the all characters from the command line. |
| Ctrl+w, Esc+Backspace, or Alt+Backspace | Delete the word before the cursor. |
| Esc+d or Alt+d | Delete the word after the cursor. |
| Ctrl+y | Insert the most recently deleted text at the cursor. |
| Ctrl+l | Redraw the current line. |
| Ctrl+p | Scroll backward through the list of recently executed commands. |
| Ctrl+n | Scroll forward through the list of recently executed commands. |
| Ctrl+r | Search the CLI history incrementally in reverse order for lines matching the search string. |
| Esc+/ or Alt+/ | Search the CLI history for words for which the current word is a prefix. |
| Esc+. or Alt+ | Scroll backward through the list of recently entered words in a command line. |
| Esc+number sequence or Alt+number sequence | Specify the number of times to execute a keyboard sequence. |
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