Wednesday, March 05, 2008

2.4 Special Keys

2.4 Special Keys: "Chapter 2: Getting Started on a UNIX System
2.4 Special Keys

Like all systems, UNIX has a number"

Name

Control Char

Function

erase

DEL or backspace

Erase character. Backspace and erase one character (the key used depends on terminal setting). Sometimes, especially within tcl/tk applications, you must use .

werase

Delete the rightmost word typed in.

kill

Kill (erase) the line typed in so far.[8]

intr

Interrupt the program currently running.

rprnt

Reprint the line typed in so far.

flush

Stops terminal output until you press a key.

susp

Suspend the program currently running and put it in the background. This does not stop the process as it does in VMS!

stop

Stop the display. To resume, press the start key

start

Start the display after stop.

eof

Send the program an end-of-file character.