Console Mode User Interface
Table 9–1 Supported Keys and Control Characters
Key or Control
Character Function
Return
The Return key executes the command that you enter
at the console prompt.
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The delete key deletes one character to the left of the
current command line position. On video terminals,
deleted characters will be erased from the screen.
On hardcopy terminals, deleted characters display
within a pair of backslash delimiters (\ \) as they are
deleted.
Ctrl/C
This character aborts the current command. This
command has no effect once control has been passed
from console mode to another program, such as the
operating system or a loadable diagnostic application.
This command appears as ^C on the screen.
Ctrl/O
This character suppresses output to the console
terminal until the
Ctrl/O
control character is pressed
again.
This command appears as ^O on the screen.
Ctrl/S
This character suspends output to the console terminal
until you press
Ctrl/Q
.
Ctrl/Q
This character resumes the display that was
previously suspended by pressing
Ctrl/S
.
Using Console Commands 9–5
