Jen, It's a backquote, by the way...:) All bash is doing is waiting for you to complete the command. The little > is a prompt it gives you to show it's still communicating with you - it's just waiting for you to give the closing backquote! This works for any command that is clearly not finished, such as for ... do. bash will keep prompting you with > until it gets the closing done. Hope this helps. Regards, Ron. --- jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This happens to me all the time, but I am finnaly > going to put the question > to you guys no matter how embarassing it is. > > When I'm using bash, I sometimes hit the ' (comma) > key instead of enter and > then get brought into a loop I can't get out of. I > imagine this is some sort > of feature that would allow you to enter extra long > command sequences but the > <enter> key does not activate the command, nor can I > find anyway to get out > of the loop. (or shall i say in the loop because I > don't have a clue > <smiles> All i get is the > charactor no matter > what monkey business I try > with the key bored. > > With humble humilty, > > jen > -- > Jennifer > #221463 > Yahoo IM: jlynn2k > #include <wisdom.h> > void ignorance (it offers no value) > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com
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