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→PowerShell Command Line Editing Keys
PowerShell provides a number of special key sequences which speed the task of creating and editing commands in the interactive shell, each of which is outlined in the following table:
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<p>Left Arrow</p>
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Moves the command line cursor one character to the left.
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Right Arrow
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Moves the command line cursor one character to the right.
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<p>Ctrl+Left Arrow</p>
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Moves the command line cursor one word to the left.
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Ctrl+Right Arrow
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Moves the command line cursor one word to the right.
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<p>Delete</p>
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Deletes the character in the command line at the current cursor position.
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Backspace
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Deletes the character immediately to the right of the current cursor position.
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Insert
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Toggles between character insert and overwrite modes.
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Home
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Relocates the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
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End
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Relocates the cursor to the end of the command line.
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Tab
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Performs command completion operation whereby the shell attempts to guess at the remainder of the command being entered.
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F7
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Displays a new window containing the command history from which previous commands may be selected.
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