Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 15:06:07 -0600 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <4BED02F8-BC45-4170-A59E-CCCB97E59990@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com> References: <91d28f49-1c1b-d2bf-5fd6-8b2e206ee6c7@andyit.com.au> <20220519132547.6b8cbb36.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2022 May 19, at 08:20, Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote: > Man .. I'm old! >=20 > I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter terms . Not old enough! They're actaul1y teletype terms and codes! The reason that ^D terminates a shell is that ^D is ASCII 4 which is = "End of transmission", and ^G rang the bell sound on the teletype. = Everything from ASCII (0) to ASCII (31) was used to control the movement = and communication of the teletype. Good Times. --=20 I'm on the path, he thought. I don't have to know where it leads. I just have to follow.
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