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Specifically, 100<tt class="key">DEL</tt>, <tt class="key">ESC</tt>, <tt class="key">LFD</tt>, <tt class="key">SPC</tt>, <tt class="key">RET</tt>, and <tt class="key">TAB</tt> all 101stand for themselves when seen in this text, or in an init file 102(see <a href="Readline-Init-File.html#Readline-Init-File">Readline Init File</a>). 103If your keyboard lacks a <tt class="key">LFD</tt> key, typing <tt class="key">C-j</tt> will 104produce the desired character. 105The <tt class="key">RET</tt> key may be labeled <tt class="key">Return</tt> or <tt class="key">Enter</tt> on 106some keyboards. 107</p> 108<hr> 109<div class="header"> 110<p> 111Next: <a href="Readline-Interaction.html#Readline-Interaction" accesskey="n" rel="next">Readline Interaction</a>, Up: <a href="Command-Line-Editing.html#Command-Line-Editing" accesskey="u" rel="up">Command Line Editing</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> 112</div> 113 114 115 116</body> 117</html> 118