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Old 01-11-2005, 05:54 PM   #1
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qutting find midway.

Is there a way to stop a find search midway by pressing a button? I accidently hit enter before finishing stating the directory i wanted it to look in so now it is looking through all of /. thanks in advance.
 
Old 01-11-2005, 06:01 PM   #2
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Try Ctrl c
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Old 01-11-2005, 06:10 PM   #3
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that works but also changes the resolution of my terminal window. I can hit Ctrl +c to bring it back up to the same size tho
 
Old 01-11-2005, 06:14 PM   #4
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Sorry, I didn't mean for you to type the ( - ) just press the Ctrl key and the c key.
 
Old 01-11-2005, 06:17 PM   #5
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it's cool. I thought that is what you meant but i've gotten used to associating - with options that i thought maybe it was a quit option. lol.
 
  


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