Cool, that works too, and lets you typematic out if you don't feel like thinking of how to spell ecksit. On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, David A. Sinck wrote: > > > \_ SMTP quoth Robert Bushman on 2/6/2003 10:19 as having spake thusly: > \_ > \_ Hopefully this is an easy one - how dow I disable > \_ Control-d quick-exit in Bash (I tend to fatfinger > \_ the keyboard). > > >From tfm: > > Shell Variables > [...] > IGNOREEOF > Controls the action of an interactive shell on > receipt of an EOF character as the sole input. If > set, the value is the number of consecutive EOF > characters which must be typed as the first charac- > ters on an input line before bash exits. If the > variable exists but does not have a numeric value, > or has no value, the default value is 10. If it > does not exist, EOF signifies the end of input to > the shell. > > Yes, there's an art for the man pages, and yes, they're written by > people who know what's what but have forgotten momentarily, but they > still can be useful. :-) > > David > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not whether you fall down. It is whether you get back up. - Vince Lombardi ----------------------------------------------------------------------