Ctrl-space seems to work. Try od -xc
and then press Ctrl-space a few times, followed by some characters, ENTER and Ctrl-D. Here's what happens when I enter the characters a a Ctrl-space Ctrl-space Ctrl-space Ctrl-space z <cr> ^D $ od -xc aaz 0000000 6161 0000 0000 0a7a a a \0 \0 \0 \0 z \n 0000010 -- James Garrison Athens Group, Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5608 Parkcrest Dr http://www.athensgroup.com Austin, TX 78731 PGP: RSA=0x92E90A3B DH/DSS=0x498D331C (512) 345-0600 x150 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/