Keyboard Shortcut
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Details
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Tab
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Completes the current command. If you enter a part of the command name and press the Tab key, the system completes the command name.
To view the commands that match a set of characters that you enter, type a character and press the Tab key.
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Enter (at the command line)
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Runs the command that you entered.
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Enter (at the Moreprompt)
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Displays the next page of output.
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Delete or Backspace
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Deletes the character that is on the left of the cursor.
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Left arrow or Ctrl+B
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Moves the cursor one character to the left.
When you enter a command that extends beyond a single line, you can press the Left Arrow or Ctrl-B keys to go back to the beginning of the command.
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Right arrow or Ctrl+F
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Moves the cursor one character to the right.
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Esc, B
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Moves the cursor one word back.
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Esc, F
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Moves the cursor one word forward.
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Ctrl+A
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Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
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Ctrl+E
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Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
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Ctrl+D
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Deletes the character selected by the cursor.
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Ctrl+W
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Deletes the word next to the cursor.
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Ctrl+K
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Deletes the line forward. When you press Ctrl+K, everything that you entered starting from the cursor location to the end of the command line is deleted.
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Ctrl+U or Ctrl+X
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Deletes the line backward. When you press Ctrl+U, everything from the beginning of the command line to the cursor location is deleted.
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Ctrl+T
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Changes the places of the character to the left of the cursor with the character selected by the cursor.
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Ctrl+R or Ctrl+L
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Displays the system prompt and command line.
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Ctrl+V or Esc, Q
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Inserts a code to indicate to the system that the following keystroke must be treated as a command entry, not as an editing key.
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Up arrow, or Ctrl+P
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Recalls commands in the history buffer, beginning with the most recent command.
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Down arrow or Ctrl+N
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Returns to more recent commands in the history buffer after you use the Up arrow or Ctrl+P to recall commands.
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Ctrl+Y
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Recalls the most recent entry in the delete buffer. The delete buffer contains the last 10 items you have cut or deleted.
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Esc, Y
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Recalls the next entry in the delete buffer. The delete buffer contains the last 10 items you have cut or deleted. Press Ctrl+Y first to recall the most recent entry, and then press Esc, Y up to nine times to recall the remaining entries in the buffer.
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Esc, C
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Capitalizes the character selected by the cursor.
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Esc, U
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Changes the casing for all characters in the word selected by the cursor, up to the next space, to uppercase.
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Esc, L
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Changes the capitalized letters in a word from the character selected by the cursor to the end of the word to lowercase.
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Plug-In
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Description
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com.vmware.clear
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A plug-in that you can use to clear the terminal screen.
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com.vmware.cmsso-util
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A plug-in that you use for orchestrating changes to PNID, Machine Certificate, unregistering a node from Component Manager, vCenter Single Sign-On, reconfiguring vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, and repointing vCenter Server to an external Platform Services Controller.
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com.vmware.dcli
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vAPI based CLI client.
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com.vmware.nslookup
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A plug-in that you can use to query the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for any other specific DNS record.
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com.vmware.pgrep
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A plug-in that you can use to search for all named processes.
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com.vmware.pgtop
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A plug-in that you can use to monitor the PostgreSQL database.
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com.vmware.ping
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A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping.
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com.vmware.ping6
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A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping6.
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com.vmware.portaccess
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A plug-in that you can use to troubleshoot the port access of a host.
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com.vmware.ps
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A plug-in that you can use to see statistics on running processes.
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com.vmware.rvc
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Ruby vSphere Console
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com.vmware.service-control
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A plug-in that you can use to manage VMware services.
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com.vmware.shell
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A plug-in that allows access to the appliance Bash shell.
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com.vmware.showlog
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A plug-in that you can use to browse the log files.
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com.vmware.shutdown
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A plug-in that you can use to restart or power off the appliance.
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com.vmware.software-packages
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A plug-in that you can use to update the software packages in the appliance.
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com.vmware.support-bundle
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A plug-in that you can use to create a bundle on the local file system and export it to a remote Linux system. If you use the plug-in with the stream command, the support bundle is not created on the local file system, but is directly exported to the remote Linux system.
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com.vmware.top
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A plug-in that displays process information. Accepts the same arguments as /usr/bin/top/.
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com.vmware.tracepath
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A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath.
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com.vmware.tracepath6
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A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath6.
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com.vmware.updatemgr-util
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A plug-in that you can use to configure VMware Update Manager.
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com.vmware.vcenter-restore
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A plug-in that you can use to restore vCenter Server.
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com.vmware.vimtop
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A plug-in that you can use to view a list of vSphere services and their resource use.
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