H) Down arrow= It will display previous enter command in reverse chronological order. G) Up arrow= It will display previous enter command in reverse chronological order. R1(config)#router os 100 R1(config-router)#^Z R1#į) Backspace=To erase the character to the left side of cursor. R1(config)#^Z R1#conf t *Sep 24 11:15:31.399: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console R1#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. R1(config)# i p route 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.1Į) Ctrl+Z=If you execute this in any line of config mode will allow you to exit to privilege modeĮnter configuration commands, one per line. So instead of using left arrow,i can use 'Ctrl+A' and directly jump into start of the line and do changes as show below

Let's see if i want to execute below command in config mode R1(config)# p route 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.1īut by mistake instead of 'ip route', i have wrote 'p route' Smart SSH client infused with TAC knowledge and tools for ASA, IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR. Below are the some of the shortcuts i always use.Ĭ) Ctrl+A: This will move the cursor to start of the line The Cisco CLI Analyzer can assist in troubleshooting, locating errors and best practices violations. show process cpu historyĪddition, In IOS there are special keys and combination will allow you faster to use CLI command.

R1(config)#īelow is some example of the abbreviation commonly used: R1#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line.

Now if you want to enter into configure terminal and you don’t want to type entire syntax like configure terminal you can just type 'conf t' so IOS will recognizes that you want to execute the full 'configure terminal' command. R1#conf? configure R1#conf ? confirm Confirm replacement of running-config with a new config file memory Configure from NV memory network Configure from a TFTP network host overwrite-network Overwrite NV memory from TFTP network host replace Replace the running-config with a new config file revert Parameters for reverting the configuration terminal Configure from the terminal So by typing 'conf' command the system IOS will recognizes that you want to execute command related to 'configure' so it will only take command starts with this character. Cisco IOS CLI Shortcuts 6th February 2011 By Greg Ferro Filed Under: Basics, Blog, CCIE, Cisco, Featured, Operation This is a list of the Cisco IOS CLI shortcuts that I need to reference. In privilege mode there are two commands start with 'con' R1#con? configure connect connectedapps Cisco IOS provides some abbreviation commands and shortcuts to speed user interaction, e.g.: user not need to type the entire command to have recognized by IOS, it only requires minimum amount of character that unambiguously define a commands. This document is created for new beginner who wants to improve their CLI speed.

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