On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:31 AM, Gavin Troy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Michael Convey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks Scott. I see that you are equating 'Ctrl+C' to 'EXT'. Just
> curious,
> > what does 'EXT' stand for?
>
> It is apparently ETX, End of Text. These names aren't particularly
> meaningful in modern unix.
>
> http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/telecom/codes/ascii.html
>
> ​That ASCII webpage is great, thanks. Interestingly, it is EOT (End Of
Transmission) and not EXT (End of teXT) that mailx displays when [Ctrl+D]
or [.] is entered to finish and send an email.
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