Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Charlie
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

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Sven Joachim
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

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Dom
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

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:45:55 +0100 Dom to...@rpdom.net suggested this: 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 '.

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Dirk Weinhardt
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

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:38:22 +0200 Dirk Weinhardt repor...@weinhardt.biz suggested this: 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

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread jacques
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Mistype into shell..........

2011-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:02:44 +0200 jacques jacq...@lavignotte.org suggested this: 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