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- From: rdg@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Rob Gardner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Re: 'cat' does not complete - REPOST
- Message-ID: <7371228@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 20:50:08 GMT
- References: <1992Aug11.172040.13380@candle.uucp>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- > : On a machine running HP-UX, I found that cat'ing a file to the screen
- > : only puts out 50-100 lines of the file, then stops, mid-line. If I
- > : remove the line it stopped at, it gets only a little farther. The file
- > : is straight ASCII, and it is stopping in the middle of words.
- > :
- > : When it stops, the shell is waiting for input, but there is no
- > : prompt. I have never seen anything like this before.
- > :
- > : It is probably something really simple, but I can not figure it out.
- > : i.e.
- > : $ cat testing
- > : BROWN
- > : RED
- > : YEL
- > : ^cursor stops here
- >
- > MORE INFO - It turns out all command stop like this. A 'ps -ef' stops
- > about half way down the list. I am dialing in via a modem if this
- > helps. I still can't figure it out.
-
- Your modem/pc/terminal/emulator is probably dropping characters
- because they are arriving too fast. Try setting up xon/xoff pacing at
- both ends.
-
- Rob
-