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Old 07-22-2011
stuck in editing file with cat command
Hi,
While editing a small text file with cat command i pressed ctrl-d to send eof, instead of coming out of cat command it echoed ^D to the screen. Same thing is happening to ctrl-c. After googling i found this is because of trap.
The problem is i m stuck in editing mode and cannot get the prompt. Rebooting will help but i dont want to reboot the system.
Please help.
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Old 07-22-2011
Use fuser on file you were editing.
It should print out the process, use ps to confirm that's the one and kill it.
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Old 07-22-2011
i believe you are not in editing mode because the command cat can't be used to edit a file. try pressing ESC then colon ":" q!.
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Old 07-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
Use fuser on file you were editing.
It should print out the process, use ps to confirm that's the one and kill it.
It didn't help. whatever i input, it is entered in the file.

Quote:
Originally Posted by tamitot
i believe you are not in editing mode because the command cat can't be used to edit a file. try pressing ESC then colon ":" q!.
i used redirection feature to edit small file.
'cat > foo.txt'

This is what i found here by methyl
'From the command prompt, try this. Actually type circumflex C (not ctrl/c)
stty intr "^C"
Then try ctrl/c from the command line.
Then check for traps.
Just type:
trap
If you find a trap on INT or "^C", find out where it is coming from .'
Thing is i could not get to the prompt.
 
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