2010/3/11 Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> Up to >> now I didn't really use anything but bash. At least for me, pressing >> the escape key (however often) does not display anything, but when >> trying sh and dash, I see that pressing ESC "visually" resuts in ^[. > > $ set | grep SHELL > SHELL=/bin/bash > SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor > > $ /bin/bash --version > GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Perhaps something in SHELLOPTS is different, and modifies that behavior. > I'm now using sh for the tests, which properly shows the ESC, so this bash/ESC thing is only a side show. I can see nothing wrong with my bash, though: tom@tom-desktop:~$ set | grep SHELL SHELL=/bin/bash SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor tom@tom-desktop:~$ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, Version 4.0.33(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Lizenz GPLv3+: GNU GPL Version 3 oder jünger <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> Dies ist freie Software. Sie darf verändert und verteilt werden. Für dieses Programm besteht keinerlei Garantie. I'm running it on Ubuntu Karmic, 64 bit. No matter if I run bash in gnome-terminal or on a text terminal (e.g. on Alt-Ctrl-F1), nothing is displayed. sh and dash do it in both cases. > > Please note that "some string" and 'some string' are NOT the same. Thanks for that hint, I didn't give this any attention yet. (I guess there's still a lot to learn about the shell for me!) > > I'm not ready to throw in the towel. If we keep plugging at it, > I think we can get there. > Your persistence is impressive :-). > > What do you get when you do this: > > $ echo -n "^[" | wc > 0 0 1 > With sh or dash, I get the exact same output. Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
