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Subject: Re: xterm problems..
To: robert@elastica.com (Robert Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:07:28 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199605030455.AAA00239@justine.elastica.com> from "Robert Nicholson" at May 3, 96 00:55:35 am
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Robert Nicholson writes:
> 
> Can anybody explain this..
> 
> justine# df
> zsh: command not found: miqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqmiqd
> justine% df
> zsh: command not found: fd
> justine# df
> zsh: command not found: fd
> justine% df
> zsh: command not found: fd
> justine# ls
> zsh: command not found: fl
> justine% telnet
> zsh: command not found: stle
> justine# ftp
> zsh: command not found: t
> justine# blablabla
> zsh: command not found: lbal
> justine# 

Are those prompts really correct (sometimes justine#, sometimes
justine%)?  That's your clue.  Somehow you have two shells running,
and each is getting a character at a time.  The result is nonsense.

Greg