Re: C-j in agetty input

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Bartek Ćwikłowski wrote:
> hi,
> 
> When I type username at agetty's prompt and finish it with C-j
> (control+j) it messes the whole terminal (every line is more indented
> then the previous one, and soon it starts to wrap around the screen).
> I wanted to know if this is considered a bug or a feature.
> 

It's a feature, of sorts at least.

C-j is Line Feed, so the fact that you ended a line with LF rather than
CR makes agetty assumes you're on a terminal which only needs LF instead
of CR LF.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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