Re: CTRL-C on command line does not cancel current command

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/8/20 3:19 PM, Paul Kelaita wrote:

> Machine Type: i586-alpine-linux-musl
> 
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       CTRL-C works fine for anything run in the shell, however, the behavior 
> while typing a command is wrong. The CTRL-C is ignored, and once Enter is 
> hit, it appears that the first character is taken off the beginning of the 
> command typed, and the rest is echoed back.  For example, if I type the 
> command 'date' on the command line, but then hit CTRL-C after the 'e', 
> nothing happens. But after I hit Enter, I get the shell error: 'bash: ate: 
> command not found'

I can't reproduce this on Mac OS X or RHEL 7 with bash-5.0.17.


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