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Old 06-29-2008
Enter Crtl+U character in shell script
hi
I have some program which accepts "Crtl+U" input, Now i want to run it thorugh my written script ...all other inputs are accepted but how to supply this input.
I am supplying input parameters to the program named EX as below.
=================================
main.sh
.
.
EX<<EOF
parameter 1
parameter 2
CRTL + U ---------<How to supply this one?>
paramert 3
exit
<<EOF
.
.
.
=================

please suggest.

thanks in advance.
Ashish
# 2  
Old 06-29-2008
To input Ctrl-U you input sequence has to be:

Ctrl-V Ctrl-U
# 3  
Old 06-29-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by chihung
To input Ctrl-U you input sequence has to be:

Ctrl-V Ctrl-U
I tried but its not working ..
# 4  
Old 06-30-2008
It works for me. BTW, try to use vi to edit your shell script.

The sequence is:
Hold "Ctrl" key press "V"
Still holding on "Ctrl" key press "U"
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