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Using the Cajun A500 Command Line Interface

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Cajun A500 ATM Switch User Guide

Command Line Editing Options

The Cajun A500 console accepts standard line editing commands. Commands are 

entered by simultaneously pressing the control key (^) and a character. The line editing 

options are listed in Table 5-2.

Table 5-2.  Command Line Editing Commands

Understanding the Command Line Format

The following sections describe the format for the CLI.

Note:  Cajun A500 console command entries are case sensitive. 

Syntax Conventions

The command line format uses the following syntax conventions:

U Required arguments are represented in curly brackets {}

U Optional arguments are represented in straight brackets []

Italic type within curly brackets represents a variable value that you must supply. Vertical 

pipes (“|”) separate the options for a given argument; choose one.

Press Key

Result

^p

Moves to the previous line (circular buffer of 10 lines).

^n 

Moves to the next line.

^a 

Moves to the beginning of line.

^e 

Moves to the end of line.

^b 

Moves back one character.

^f 

Moves forward one character.

^l 

Moves left one word.

^r 

Moves right one word.

^h 

Deletes previous character (backspace).

^d 

Deletes character under cursor.

^g 

Deletes rightward to left of word (“gobble”).

^w 

Deletes leftward to beginning of word (“wipe”).

^k 

Deletes rightward from cursor through end of line (“kill”).

^u 

Deletes the whole line (“undo”).

<tab> 

Completes the word of a command.