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?
Tia
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09-08-2011, 06:37 AM
Sven Joachim
Mistype into shell..........
On 2011-09-08 07:59 +0200, 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 >
It's called the PS2 prompt (consult your bash manual for details),
indicating that the command is incomplete and more input is needed (in
this case, the closing quote).
BTW, zsh is a bit smarter than bash here and indicates what type of
completion it wants:
,----
| % for file in /bin/true
| for> do
| for> echo "$file
| for dquote> " '
| for quote> foo'
| for> done
| /bin/true
|
| foo
`----
> 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?
Insert the closing quote to complete the command or type Ctrl-C to
cancel it.
Sven
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09-08-2011, 06:38 AM
Dirk Weinhardt
Mistype into 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?
Type another ' to close the string or hit CTRL-C. The same with double
quotes.
HTH.
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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.
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>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.
>
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Thank you Sven and Dom.
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>> 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?
>
>Type another ' to close the string or hit CTRL-C. The same with double
>quotes.
>
>HTH.
>
>Dirk
Thanks Dirk, much appreciated.
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09-08-2011, 01:02 PM
jacques
Mistype into shell..........
Le 08/09/2011 07:59, Charlie a écrit :
I can type anything I want into that shell and it responds with>
You opened a string with ' then the shell expects another ' to close.
You need to close the string opened with ' by another '
$
$ blah '
>
'
$
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>Le 08/09/2011 07:59, Charlie a écrit :
>
>> I can type anything I want into that shell and it responds with>
>
>You opened a string with ' then the shell expects another ' to close.
>
>You need to close the string opened with ' by another '
>
>$
>$ blah '
> >
>'
>$
>
> Jacques
Thanks Jaques,
I tested it when I was first informed that was the solution and it
works. Also tested Ctrl + c and that works.
It will save me the "oh bugger" factor when I've done it in the past and
then trying keystrokes of all kinds and never the right ones to get me
back to the prompt. Then after some frustration finally killing the
shell and restarting another to do the work I wanted.
Thanks to everyone for your help.
Charlie
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