Cisco IOS Activation Character Command

activation-character

To define the character you enter at a vacant terminal to begin a terminal session, use the activation-character command in line configuration mode. To make any character activate a terminal, use the no form of this command.

Syntax Description

activation-character ascii-number

no activation-character

Defaults

Return or Enter Key (decimal 13)

Command Modes

Line configuration (config-line)

Usage Guidelines

See the “ASCII Character Set and Hexadecimal Values” document for a list of ASCII characters.

Note: If you are using the autoselect function, set the activation character to the default, Return, and exec-character-bits to 7. If you change these defaults, the application will not recognize the activation request.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the activation character for the console to Delete, which is decimal character 127 using Cisco 7200 on GNS3:

Router(config)# line console

Router(config-line)# activation-character 127

When Next time you login through console then you will have to press ‘del’ to get started.