Router operations

Basic Router Operations:

To get to User Mode Press ENTER and a password if required.
To get to Privileged Mode Router>enable
To get back to User Mode Router#disable
To Exit the Router
Router>exit or logoff
Break Key<>++6‘x’

To move to the beginning of the command line Ctrl+A

To move to the end of the command line Ctrl+E

To move forward one character Ctrl+F [or right arrow key]

To move back one character Ctrl+B [or left arrow key]

To repeat the previous command Ctrl+P [or up arrow key]

To repeat the most recent (last) command Ctrl+N [or down arrow key]

To move back one word Esc+B

To move forward one word Esc+F

To erase a word Ctrl+W

To erase a line Ctrl+U
To redisplay a line Ctrl+R
Ends configuration mode and returns to privileged mode Router#Ctrl+Z
To auto complete a command

To show the command buffer Router>show history
To set the command buffer size Router>terminal history size
To disable advanced editing features Router>terminal no editing
To re-enable advanced editing features Router>terminal editing

Viewing Router Information:

View IOS version Router#show version
View current configuration file (RAM) Router#show running-config
View saved configuration file (NVRAM) Router#show startup-config
View IOS version, size of IOS, and free space in FLASH Router#show flash
View CPU utilization Router#show processes cpu
View info about programs in RAM Router#show processes
Display interfaces on router and their status Router#show interface
Display the ip interfaces on router and their status Router#show ip interface
Display which protocols are configured on the router Router#show protocol