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My cat stepped on the keyboard today and the resulting garbage caused a ">" prompt to appear. The text was something like "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YYYY~~~~~~~~~~~ ]]]]]]]]". I could not get the prompt to answer me. I tried things like "?, help, ls, q" etc and it would just make no answer and the prompt would come back. Is there anyway I can figure out what the prompt is?
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Exit of “> ” mode in Unix shell
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My cat stepped on the keyboard today and the resulting garbage caused a ">" prompt to appear. The text was something like "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YYYY~~~~~~~~~~~ ]]]]]]]]". I could not get the prompt to answer me. I tried things like "?, help, ls, q" etc and it would just make no answer and the prompt would come back. Is there anyway I can figure out what the prompt is?
arch-linux prompt
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
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marked as duplicate by steeldriver, tink, Olorin, Rui F Ribeiro, Kusalananda Feb 20 at 8:16
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you could have confused everyone and said that thecatcommand is producing weird results ...... lol
– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16
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Exit of “> ” mode in Unix shell
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My cat stepped on the keyboard today and the resulting garbage caused a ">" prompt to appear. The text was something like "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YYYY~~~~~~~~~~~ ]]]]]]]]". I could not get the prompt to answer me. I tried things like "?, help, ls, q" etc and it would just make no answer and the prompt would come back. Is there anyway I can figure out what the prompt is?
arch-linux prompt
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
This question already has an answer here:
Exit of “> ” mode in Unix shell
1 answer
My cat stepped on the keyboard today and the resulting garbage caused a ">" prompt to appear. The text was something like "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YYYY~~~~~~~~~~~ ]]]]]]]]". I could not get the prompt to answer me. I tried things like "?, help, ls, q" etc and it would just make no answer and the prompt would come back. Is there anyway I can figure out what the prompt is?
This question already has an answer here:
Exit of “> ” mode in Unix shell
1 answer
arch-linux prompt
arch-linux prompt
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
asked Feb 20 at 3:06
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
1,66642450
1,66642450
marked as duplicate by steeldriver, tink, Olorin, Rui F Ribeiro, Kusalananda Feb 20 at 8:16
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marked as duplicate by steeldriver, tink, Olorin, Rui F Ribeiro, Kusalananda Feb 20 at 8:16
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you could have confused everyone and said that thecatcommand is producing weird results ...... lol
– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16
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you could have confused everyone and said that thecatcommand is producing weird results ...... lol
– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16
you could have confused everyone and said that the
cat command is producing weird results ...... lol– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
you could have confused everyone and said that the
cat command is producing weird results ...... lol– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16
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This is caused when something is entered into the terminal that looks like an expression that requires more input from the user or is a unclosed quotation that causes the terminal to also expect more input.
For Example if you type: echo "Hello then press enter, you get the carrot.
Then if you type " and press enter it will complete as expected. If you type anything else it behaves as you have seen until you " and then it will spit out what ever it was, or you will have to ^C.
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
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This is caused when something is entered into the terminal that looks like an expression that requires more input from the user or is a unclosed quotation that causes the terminal to also expect more input.
For Example if you type: echo "Hello then press enter, you get the carrot.
Then if you type " and press enter it will complete as expected. If you type anything else it behaves as you have seen until you " and then it will spit out what ever it was, or you will have to ^C.
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
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This is caused when something is entered into the terminal that looks like an expression that requires more input from the user or is a unclosed quotation that causes the terminal to also expect more input.
For Example if you type: echo "Hello then press enter, you get the carrot.
Then if you type " and press enter it will complete as expected. If you type anything else it behaves as you have seen until you " and then it will spit out what ever it was, or you will have to ^C.
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,545218
add a comment |
This is caused when something is entered into the terminal that looks like an expression that requires more input from the user or is a unclosed quotation that causes the terminal to also expect more input.
For Example if you type: echo "Hello then press enter, you get the carrot.
Then if you type " and press enter it will complete as expected. If you type anything else it behaves as you have seen until you " and then it will spit out what ever it was, or you will have to ^C.
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,545218
This is caused when something is entered into the terminal that looks like an expression that requires more input from the user or is a unclosed quotation that causes the terminal to also expect more input.
For Example if you type: echo "Hello then press enter, you get the carrot.
Then if you type " and press enter it will complete as expected. If you type anything else it behaves as you have seen until you " and then it will spit out what ever it was, or you will have to ^C.
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,545218
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,545218
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,545218
answered Feb 20 at 3:19
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
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1,545218
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you could have confused everyone and said that the
catcommand is producing weird results ...... lol– jsotola
Feb 20 at 6:50
Also a dupe of In which situations are PS2, PS3, PS4 used as the prompt? which contains better explanations.
– Kusalananda
Feb 20 at 8:16