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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