In addition to what has already been said, CODE tags use a fixed width font. So text like:
iiiiiiiiii
WWWWWWWWWW
which looks like very different line lengths without CODE tags, clearly show that they contain the same number of characters when that same text is displayed using CODE tags:
And, if your code or data contains tab characters, those tabs are preserved if you copy and paste text from regions of a post that are tagged by CODE or ICODE tags, but copy as spaces when not tagged.
So, yes: always use code tags for full line sample code, input, and output; and use icode tags for partial line, imbedded sample code, input, and output!
I'm a Unix newbie.
In a shell-script, is there any way to accept keyboard input (via STDIN) without having it display on the screen? I know keying in a login password sort of does this by replacing what you key with astericks (*) but I believe that's a "C" routine. I'd like to be able to... (2 Replies)
How can I write to another user's pseudo tty, but not to its current prompt position (as in open("/dev/pts007", ...) followed by write() ). Instead I would like to write to the top center of the screen using color red, for example. Like curses, but from another console. (6 Replies)
I am developing a script that will run with '/bin/ksh' shell.
The script is intended to receive a password by keyboard input, but for security reasons I would like to hide what the user is typing.
The keyboard input is being caught by 'read' command.
exmaple :
echo "Please type your new... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
i type a command along with dtterm what i would like to have is that the output of the command to be shown in the new terminal .
Any Idea on how to acheive this? (0 Replies)
Hey,
How can I transfer the terminal output to a file ?
For example :
command "fuser" returns the "process-id" and prints the output on the terminal, but I want that output to a file as well. How can I do that ?
/clocal/mqbrkrs/user/mqsiadm/sanjay/AccessMonitor $ fuser -uf... (2 Replies)
My knowledge of Unix input/output/devices is very hazy so could someone please tell me if the following is secure?
I log on to an account on a shared Unix server (Linux 2.6.18-6-686) using ssh (PuTTY). I start a python program and then type into it (python raw_input command) the... (2 Replies)
Hello everybody!!!
I am writing my own rm command in unix.
I prompt the user to type if he wants to delete a file and then read what he typed.
But how do i check what he typed?
This is my program so far:
echo 'Delete prog1.c (y/n)?'
read yesOrNo
if yesOrNo == 'y'
then
rm prog1.c... (6 Replies)
Hello, everyone.
Could someone, please, tell me how to get the number of bytes in the terminal input queue without blocking and without consuming these bytes? I guess it could be called the peek functionality.
I've looked at termio tcgetattr() and tcsetattr() functions but could not find... (4 Replies)
This is my input file like this
03,105581,,015,+00000416418,,,901,+00000000148,,,922,+00000000354,,/
49,+00000000000416920,00002/
03,5313236,,015,+00231036992,,,045,+00231036992,,,901,+00000048428,,/
88,100,+0000000000000,0000000,,400,+0000000000000,0000000,/
88,902,+0000000079077,,/... (0 Replies)
Hello All,
I have a text file containing output from a command that contains lots of escape/control characters that when viewed using vi or view, looks like jibberish. But when viewed using the cat command the output is formatted properly.
Is there any way to take the output from the cat... (7 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
ul
ul(1) General Commands Manual ul(1)NAME
ul - Translates underlining for display on a terminal
SYNOPSIS
ul [-i] [-t terminal] [file...]
The ul command displays the named files (or standard input if none are given) with underlining shown as it would be on the printed page.
OPTIONS
Causes the ul command to indicate underlining by a separate line containing appropriate - (dashes). This is useful when you want to look
at the underlining in formatted text output on a cathode ray tube (CRT) terminal. Overrides the terminal kind specified in the environ-
ment. The terminfo database is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining. If the terminal is incapable of underlining
but is capable of a standout mode, then that mode is used instead. If the terminal can overstrike, or handles underlining automatically, ul
acts like the cat command, simply displaying data to the screen. If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
DESCRIPTION
The ul command translates underscores to the sequence that indicates display underlining for the terminal in use, as specified by the TERM
environment variable.
FILES
Terminal information database.
SEE ALSO
Commands: col(1), colcrt(1), man(1), more(1)
Files: terminfo(4)ul(1)