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On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 07:45:25PM -0700, Pramod Srinivasan wrote:
> Is there any way a netbsd system can get into ">"
> prompt?
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Several ways, in fact. A stray single or double quote at the end of
a line will take you to '>', as will a backslash at the end of a line
or a pipe with nothing after it. In these cases, it's a
continuation of the line you were typing, so to speak. For quotes,
the shell wants a matching quote. A backslash can be used
specifically TO continue a command to the next line, and if there's a
pipe (|) with nothing after it, the shell wonders where that pipe
goes.

Not necessarily that weird at all.

HTH
Matt

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