DOS Command Shell Keyboard Shortcuts

 

F1	Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one
Esc	Erase command line
Tab	Filename completion - cycles through all file names in current directory matching typed prefix
F2	Displays a dialog asking user to enter the char to copy up to of the last command line
Up arrow	Cycles previous command line entries in backwards direction
F3	Repeats the last command line (Similar to DOSKEY)
Down arrow	Cycles previous command line entries in forwards direction
F4	Displays a dialog asking user to enter the char to delete up to of the last command line
Right arrow	Repeats letter at a time from previous command line
F5	Goes back one command line
F6	Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z) (End-Of-File)
F7	Displays a menu with the command line history (Similar to DOSKEY)
F8	Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent). If first typing the beginning letters of a command, then it will cycle through the previous commands matching that prefix when pressing F8.
F9	Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered

 

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