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Terminal: stuck in a ">" line
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<blockquote data-quote="Bmeister1996" data-source="post: 1523705" data-attributes="member: 275617"><p>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:</p><p></p><p><strong>Last login: Sun Jun 30 18:22:37 on _______</strong></p><p><strong>___________:~ _____$ command command command blah blah</strong></p><p> <strong>> type something and hit enter</strong></p><p> <strong>> oh look another line why can't I exit this</strong></p><p> <strong>> exit</strong></p><p> <strong>> logout</strong></p><p> <strong>> oh that didn't work</strong></p><p> <strong>> etc.</strong></p><p></p><p>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!</p><p></p><p>-Bmeister</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bmeister1996, post: 1523705, member: 275617"] 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: [B]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.[/B] 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 [/QUOTE]
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