In exec_input_file(): 1375 if (!(pc->flags & SILENT)) { 1376 fprintf(fp, "%s%s", pc->prompt, buf); This "fp" variable needs to be "stdout". The prompting and echoing of input commands needs to go there, not whereever "fp" is currently pointing (crash command output). $ diff -u *~ cmdline.c --- cmdline.c~ 2012-02-03 11:22:33.000000000 -0800 +++ cmdline.c 2012-02-15 16:51:07.209524248 -0800 @@ -1372,10 +1372,8 @@ if (!(argcnt = parse_line(pc->command_line, args))) continue; - if (!(pc->flags & SILENT)) { - fprintf(fp, "%s%s", pc->prompt, buf); - fflush(fp); - } + if (!(pc->flags & SILENT)) + printf("%s%s", pc->prompt, buf); exec_command(); } -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility