Command-line-editing

Command-line editing and command history are supported using either an external gnu readline library, an external BSD libedit library, or a built-in equivalent. This choice is a configuration option at the time gnuplot is built.

The editing commands of the built-in version are given below. Please note that the action of the DEL key is system-dependent. The gnu readline and BSD libedit libraries have their own documentation.

Command-line Editing Commands
Character	Function
	Line Editing
^B	move back a single character.
^F	move forward a single character.
^A	move to the beginning of the line.
^E	move to the end of the line.
^H	delete the previous character.
DEL	delete the current character.
^D	delete current character. EOF if line is empty.
^K	delete from current position to the end of line.
^L	redraw line in case it gets trashed.
^U	delete the entire line.
^W	delete previous word.
^V	inhibits the interpretation of the following key as editing command.
TAB	performs filename-completion.
	History
^P	move back through history.
^N	move forward through history.
^R	starts a backward-search.