Re: Cannot echo capital M
"M.K.Pai" wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> I am facing a rather strange problem.
>
> I am unable to echo the character "M" on my bash prompt.
>
> I am able to get M by
> perl -e 'print chr(77);'
>
> I am even able to put it in an email. Note the "M" right here.
> But at the bash prompt, I just don't get any M.
>
> Most important, other users on this system, like root and all
> others, are having no problems at all
>
> Please help.
Do you have in .bash_profile, .bashrc, .profile, or any of
those other dotfiles, or in any script they call a `stty ...`
line that sets M to be a control character of some kind?
Maybe some editing mangled it. Maybe a ^ was left out.
--
Bolan.Meek@wcom.com 972-729-5387
bolan@koyote.com (home phone on request)
http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan
RE: xmailtool http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool/index.html
I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just copy me to your signature.
This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public
License.
Reply to: