On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 10:03:30AM +0530, Rohit wrote:
> Raju Mathur wrote:
> > Sthitaprajna> the terminal, the terminal shows symbols. Is there
> > Sthitaprajna> any way to get around this hassle quickly...
> > At the shell prompt, type: echo ^V^O
Unless you happen to have a command with the name ^O (Ctrl-O), you
can skip the "echo".
If it happens often you'll appreciate the time saved by saving 5
characters :-) So just type in ^V^O and hit enter.
Sitaram
Overheard on usenet (forgot where and when):
Guy #1: I don't like Unix - all the commands are 2 or 3
characters!
Guy #2: I agree - that's why I have 1-character aliases for the
most common ones!
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