Re: Mistype into shell..........
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:45:55 +0100 "Dom toyer@rpdom.net" suggested
this:
>On 08/09/11 06:59, Charlie wrote:
>>
>> Something that happens occasionally, how do I get out of it without
>> killing the shell?
>>
>> Sometimes I type something, slip and ahead of the command I type a
>> character accidentally like '.
>>
>> The shell responds with>
>>
>> I can type anything I want into that shell and it responds with>
>>
>> How do I get out of that without killing the shell and bringing up a
>> new one?
>
>Well, you have opened a quoted piece of text and the shell is waiting
>for the closing ' character, so you could close it by typing another
>', but this may lead to something other than what you wished to happen.
>
>Or you could just abandon the line with Ctrl-C.
>
>--
>Dom
Thank you Sven and Dom.
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