The keyboard

Many keys and key combinations perform special actions on SCO systems. These actions have names that may not correspond to the keytop labels on your keyboard. Table 9-1 shows which keys on a typical keyboard correspond to special actions on SCO systems. A list for your particular login device is in the keyboard(HW) manual page. Many of these keys can be modified by the user -- see the stty(C) manual page.

Table 9-1 special keys

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 Name      Action
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 <Enter>   terminates a command line and initiates
           an action.  This key is also called the
           <Return> key; the keytop may indicate a
           down-left arrow.
 <Esc>     exits the current mode; for example,
           exits insert mode when in the editor vi.
           This is also known as the ESCAPE key.
 <Del>     stops the current program, returning to
           the shell prompt. This key is also known
           as the INTERRUPT key.
 <Bksp>    deletes the character to the left of the
           cursor. The keytop may show a left arrow
           (do not confuse it with the keypad arrow
           keys).
 <Ctrl>D   signals the end of input from the
           keyboard; exits the current shell, or
           logs you out if the current shell is the
           login shell.
 <Ctrl>H   deletes the character to the left of the
           cursor. This is also called the ERASE
           key.
 <Ctrl>Q   restarts printing (or displaying) after
           it is stopped with <Ctrl>S.
 <Ctrl>S   stops printing (or displaying) at the
           standard output device, such as a
           terminal. This keystroke does not stop
           the program.
 <Ctrl>U   deletes all characters on the current
           line.  This is also called the KILL key.
 <Ctrl>\   quits current command, creates a core 
           file -- see the core(FP) manual page.
           This is also called the QUIT key.
           Recommended for debugging only, but can
           be used as a last resort when the <Del>
           key does not stop the current command.