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- From: jjk1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Konsultant Josh/fuzzy.happy.green.box)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: bash & (literal) ESCape character
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.232423.78669@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 23:24:23 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <1992Aug23.020134.11081@muddcs.claremont.edu>, jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
- >Um, I don't know that the \ key normally does any sort of interactive
- >quoting like you describe - to enter a literal 'escape' at the command
- >line, use C-V ESC. (Control-V, then ESC.)
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- Thanks to all who replied (personally as well). As far as "\" doing
- the quoting, it does on IBM RS/6000 machines with ksh (I know, what a
- lousy comparison for anything :-), and I believe it reacted properly
- on a SUN 3.
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- At any rate, thanks again; and apologies - I am told that I should
- have RTFM; I didn't realize it was in there and am guilty. :-)
-
- --Josh
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