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There are a set of special keys available. If these are in your boot
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command, they will be replaced by the proper key:
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- `<bs>` - Backspace
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- `<del>` - Delete
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- `<enter> <return>` - Simulates an actual "enter" or "return" keypress.
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- `<esc>` - Simulates pressing the escape key.
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- `<tab>` - Simulates pressing the tab key.
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- `<f1> - <f12>` - Simulates pressing a function key.
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- `<up> <down> <left> <right>` - Simulates pressing an arrow key.
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- `<spacebar>` - Simulates pressing the spacebar.
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- `<insert>` - Simulates pressing the insert key.
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- `<home> <end>` - Simulates pressing the home and end keys.
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- `<pageUp> <pageDown>` - Simulates pressing the page up and page down keys.
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- `<menu>` - Simulates pressing the Menu key.
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- `<leftAlt> <rightAlt>` - Simulates pressing the alt key.
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- `<leftCtrl> <rightCtrl>` - Simulates pressing the ctrl key.
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- `<leftShift> <rightShift>` - Simulates pressing the shift key.
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- `<leftSuper> <rightSuper>` - Simulates pressing the ⌘ or Windows key.
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- `<wait> <wait5> <wait10>` - Adds a 1, 5 or 10 second pause before
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sending any additional keys. This is useful if you have to generally wait
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for the UI to update before typing more.
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- `<waitXX>` - Add an arbitrary pause before sending any additional keys. The
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format of `XX` is a sequence of positive decimal numbers, each with
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optional fraction and a unit suffix, such as `300ms`, `1.5h` or `2h45m`.
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Valid time units are `ns`, `us` (or `µs`), `ms`, `s`, `m`, `h`. For example
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`<wait10m>` or `<wait1m20s>`
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### On/Off variants
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Any printable keyboard character, and of these "special" expressions, with the
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exception of the `<wait>` types, can also be toggled on or off. For example, to
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simulate ctrl+c, use `<leftCtrlOn>c<leftCtrlOff>`. Be sure to release them,
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otherwise they will be held down until the machine reboots.
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To hold the `c` key down, you would use `<cOn>`. Likewise, `<cOff>` to release.
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### Templates inside boot command
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In addition to the special keys, each command to type is treated as a
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[template engine](/docs/templates/engine). The
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available variables are:
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- `HTTPIP` and `HTTPPort` - The IP and port, respectively of an HTTP server
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that is started serving the directory specified by the `http_directory`
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configuration parameter. If `http_directory` isn't specified, these will be
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blank!
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- `Name` - The name of the VM.
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For more examples of various boot commands, see the sample projects from our
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[community templates page](/community-tools#templates).
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