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I've searched the web for an answer to this and all I get is manuals on how to use "VIM." I don't have that nor do I want it. Anyways, when I'm in Terminal typing commands, every now and then I may type something wrong and I'll be put on the next line down preceded by a ">" and am unable to get out of lines starting with ">" even if I hit enter. For a visual example:
Last login: Sun Jun 30 18:22:37 on _______
___________:~ _____$ command command command blah blah
> type something and hit enter
> oh look another line why can't I exit this
> exit
> logout
> oh that didn't work
> etc.
Anywho, I can exit this annoying ">" line by closing the Terminal window, but of course that terminates the running process and makes me retype everything I went through to return to that point. Perhaps there's a hotkey combination I'm unaware of that can exit the ">" lines. Thanks for reading!
-Bmeister
Last login: Sun Jun 30 18:22:37 on _______
___________:~ _____$ command command command blah blah
> type something and hit enter
> oh look another line why can't I exit this
> exit
> logout
> oh that didn't work
> etc.
Anywho, I can exit this annoying ">" line by closing the Terminal window, but of course that terminates the running process and makes me retype everything I went through to return to that point. Perhaps there's a hotkey combination I'm unaware of that can exit the ">" lines. Thanks for reading!
-Bmeister