If the user forgets the redirection character before the output file name, then 
some strange output is printed, and Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Z don't work. The command 
line has to be terminated from another window.

$ samtools view -b test.sam test.bam
[main_samview] random alignment retrieval only works for indexed BAM or CRAM 
files.
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")AÆW¡ÁÌ"ÊÐÐÔ0-Pæ¨nÞ
                 ÚýF+î
L!Lp%X(T"4¢zéD(M¢|áa¡1Ldö^gP`È
ÅhBíAa«4cóâT                ×HÍâðÔõ2Ì+
i$T.ThK
       
ÿKíLKÎáA.äöü@öT±p£í4XãvtçV¥ó°m4ݧլa§½søà8îìÇö$Þt{zãØn÷úhÜ«¼Û.MzãýÚMÅ˰d7..{BàÑ
9QAëÞÏ'×
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                             4L[300û|àÿBC

It could be made to fail less seriously.

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Dario Strbenac
PhD Student
University of Sydney
Camperdown NSW 2050
Australia
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