[clug] Terminal Control Sequences
steve jenkin
sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Sun Jul 4 16:11:47 MDT 2010
Duncan Roe wrote on 5/07/10 7:59 AM:
> This works for me:
>
> e c h o ' Ctrl+V ESC ] 2 ; H e l l o Ctrl+V Ctrl+G '
>
> 3 points to note:
>
> 1. You need to use echo so xterm sees the control sequence
> 2. You need to quote the string to escape the contained semicolon
D'oh!!! missed that. unescaped ";" or ":" is a killer for any shell :-(
> 3. You need to escape typed control characters with Ctrl+V to get them past bash
>
> Cheers ... Duncan.
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