Moving and Editing in Gaia Clish

This table shows the keyboard keys you can use to move within the syntax and edit the syntax:

Keys

Action

CTRL L

Clears the screen and shows the current typed command at the top of the screen.

Home,

CTRL A

Moves to the beginning of the command line.

End,

CTRL E

Moves to the end of the command line.

Left-Arrow,

CTRL B

Moves to the previous character to the left of the cursor.

Right-Arrow,

CTRL F

Moves to the next character to the right of the cursor.

CTRL Right-Arrow,

ALT F

Jumps to the next word to the right of the cursor.

Backspace,

CTRL H

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.

ALT D

Deletes the word to the right of the cursor (if the cursor is located at the word start).

CTRL ALT H

Deletes the word to the left of the cursor (if the cursor is located at the word end).

CTRL U

Deletes the current syntax completely.

CTRL N

Shows the commands in the history list - from the current position down the list (to the most recent command).

Each time you press these keys, it shows another previous command down the list.

CTRL P

Shows the commands in the history list - from the current position up the list (to the oldest command).

Each time you press these keys, it shows another previous command up the list.

CTRL R

Searches in the history list for the string you enter and shows the matching command.