Command Line Interface - Interactive
The interactive mode of the command line interface supports:
- Sub-Commands are suggested
- Auto-Completion
- History
- Reverse Search
Usage
In order to start an interactive session, use the subcommand client (without any further subcommands):
$ reactive-graph client
You can also start an interactive session to a remote server by specifying the hostname and/or port:
$ reactive-graph client --hostname=<hostname> --port=<port>
Actions
For all modes:
| Keystroke | Action |
|---|---|
| Home | Move cursor to the beginning of line |
| End | Move cursor to end of line |
| Left | Move cursor one character left |
| Right | Move cursor one character right |
| Ctrl-C | Interrupt/Cancel edition |
| Ctrl-D, Del | (if line is not empty) Delete character under cursor |
| Ctrl-D | (if line is empty) End of File |
| Ctrl-J, Ctrl-M, Enter | Finish the line entry |
| Ctrl-R | Reverse Search history (Ctrl-S forward, Ctrl-G cancel) |
| Ctrl-T | Transpose previous character with current character |
| Ctrl-U | Delete from start of line to cursor |
| Ctrl-V | Insert any special character without performing its associated action (#65) |
| Ctrl-W | Delete word leading up to cursor (using white space as a word boundary) |
| Ctrl-Y | Paste from Yank buffer |
| Ctrl-Z | Suspend (Unix only) |
| Ctrl-_ | Undo |
Emacs mode (default mode)
| Keystroke | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-A, Home | Move cursor to the beginning of line |
| Ctrl-B, Left | Move cursor one character left |
| Ctrl-E, End | Move cursor to end of line |
| Ctrl-F, Right | Move cursor one character right |
| Ctrl-H, Backspace | Delete character before cursor |
| Ctrl-I, Tab | Next completion |
| Ctrl-K | Delete from cursor to end of line |
| Ctrl-L | Clear screen |
| Ctrl-N, Down | Next match from history |
| Ctrl-P, Up | Previous match from history |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-U | Undo |
| Ctrl-Y | Paste from Yank buffer (Meta-Y to paste next yank instead) |
| Meta-< | Move to first entry in history |
| Meta-> | Move to last entry in history |
| Meta-B, Alt-Left | Move cursor to previous word |
| Meta-C | Capitalize the current word |
| Meta-D | Delete forwards one word |
| Meta-F, Alt-Right | Move cursor to next word |
| Meta-L | Lower-case the next word |
| Meta-T | Transpose words |
| Meta-U | Upper-case the next word |
| Meta-Y | See Ctrl-Y |
| Meta-Backspace | Kill from the start of the current word, or, if between words, to the start of the previous word |
| Meta-0, 1, ..., - | Specify the digit to the argument. – starts a negative argument. |
Readline Emacs Editing Mode Cheat Sheet
vi command mode
| Keystroke | Action |
|---|---|
| $, End | Move cursor to end of line |
| . | Redo the last text modification |
| ; | Redo the last character finding command |
| , | Redo the last character finding command in opposite direction |
| 0, Home | Move cursor to the beginning of line |
| ^ | Move to the first non-blank character of line |
| a | Insert after cursor |
| A | Insert at the end of line |
| b | Move one word or token left |
| B | Move one non-blank word left |
| c | Change text of a movement command |
| C | Change text to the end of line (equivalent to c$) |
| d | Delete text of a movement command |
| D, Ctrl-K | Delete to the end of the line |
| e | Move to the end of the current word |
| E | Move to the end of the current non-blank word |
| f | Move right to the next occurrence of char |
| F | Move left to the previous occurrence of char |
| h, Ctrl-H, Backspace | Move one character left |
| l, Space | Move one character right |
| Ctrl-L | Clear screen |
| i | Insert before cursor |
| I | Insert at the beginning of line |
| +, j, Ctrl-N | Move forward one command in history |
| -, k, Ctrl-P | Move backward one command in history |
| p | Insert the yanked text at the cursor (paste) |
| P | Insert the yanked text before the cursor |
| r | Replaces a single character under the cursor (without leaving command mode) |
| s | Delete a single character under the cursor and enter input mode |
| S | Change current line (equivalent to 0c$) |
| t | Move right to the next occurrence of char, then one char backward |
| T | Move left to the previous occurrence of char, then one char forward |
| u | Undo |
| w | Move one word or token right |
| W | Move one non-blank word right |
| x | Delete a single character under the cursor |
| X | Delete a character before the cursor |
| y | Yank a movement into buffer (copy) |
vi insert mode
| Keystroke | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-H, Backspace | Delete character before cursor |
| Ctrl-I, Tab | Next completion |
| Esc | Switch to command mode |