03-07-2012
Thank you, j.
I should have ended my initial post with "Don't tell me it's a bug!" Then I would have started this post with "I asked you not to tell me that."
Quote:
Originally Posted by
jlliagre
This is a known bug fixed in the last ksh release (ksh93u+).
11-09-20 A bug with SHOPT_EDPREDICT when neither vi or emacs was enabled for lines beginning with # when in a multibyte locale has been fixed.
A bug?!! Imp-Possible!
That is indeed disappointing.
HMM.. Perhaps there is some way to explicitly block this
SHOPT_EDPREDICT option. Ubuntu's update manager is going to be a bit shy about including the 93u+ update all that fast.
OK, where can I download an installable package of ksh93-u+ for Debian/Ubuntu ?
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suspend
suspend(1) User Commands suspend(1)
NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.
ksh
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)
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