Make a Command Prompt Power User with Function Keys

by Unknown 8:35 AM 0 comments

The fact that the function keys actually do
something in the Command Prompt is
maybe one of the best kept secrets about
the tool:
F1: Pastes the last executed command
(character by character)
F2: Pastes the last executed command (up
to the entered character)
F3: Pastes the last executed command
F4: Deletes current prompt text up to the
entered character
F5: Pastes recently executed commands
(doesnot cycle)
F6: Pastes ^Z to the prompt
F7: Displays a selectable list of previously
executed commands
F8: Pastes recently executed commands
(cycles)
F9: Asks for the number of the command
from the F7 list to paste
Command Prompt Trick #17 is full of arrow
key shortcuts, a few of which are similar to
these function key tricks.