>> Has anyone noticed that ctrl-c randomly stops working in the new bash? > > You might also consider taking this opportunity to switch to ZSH. I've just installed it, then I read this .. and it's a deal breaker: Q: Does zsh support UTF-8? A: zsh's built-in printf command supports "\u" and "\U" escapes to output arbitrary Unicode characters. ZLE (the Zsh Line Editor) has no concept of character encodings, and is confused by multi-octet encodings. -- damjan