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3.3 Console Line Editing CP/M 3 User's Guide
Table 3-2. Banked CP/M 3 Line-editing Control Characters
Character Meaning
CTRL-A Moves the cursor one character to the left.
CTRL-B Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line without
having any effect on the contents of the line. If the cursor is at
the beginning, CTRL-B moves it to the end of the line.
CTRL-E Forces a physical carriage return but does not send the command
line to CP/M 3. Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
next line without erasing the previous input.
CTRL-F Moves the cursor one character to the right.
CTRL-G Deletes the character indicated by the cursor. The cursor does
not move.
CTRL-H Deletes a character and moves the cursor left one character
position.
CTRL-1 Moves the cursor to the next tab stop. Tab stops are automatically
set at each eighth column. Has the same effect as pressing
the TAB key.
CTRL-J Sends the command line to CP/M 3 and returns the cursor to
the beginning of a new line. Has the same effect as a RETURN
or a CTRL-M keystroke.
CTRL-K Deletes to the end of the line from the cursor.
CTRL-M Sends the command line to CP/M 3 and returns the cursor to
the beginning of a new line. Has the same effect as a RETURN
or a CTRL-J keystroke.
CTRL-R Retypes the command line. Places a # at the current cursor
location, moves the cursor to the next line, and retypes any
partial command you typed so far.
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