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Old 08-24-2006, 04:09 PM   #1
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To properly exit man pages

Hi!
I would be interested to know a keyboard shortcut for properly exiting man page files. I do not assume using any X terminal, any console under X or mouse anyway: just thinking of a pure shell session. Clearly Ctrl+Z is not a good choice, though it does work to some extent.
Could anybody please help me?
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:16 PM   #2
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:24 PM   #3
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Q is the esieset way to do it, but Control+C works too.
 
Old 08-24-2006, 07:02 PM   #4
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Thanks!
Q is OK but Ctrl+C always failed in my case.
 
  


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