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Old 05-06-2006, 05:04 PM   #1
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cannot exit sed

Hi,

I typed sed at the command line now I cannot exit it? any ideas? i've tried q but that does not work?

Thanks

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Old 05-06-2006, 05:17 PM   #2
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Have you tried Ctrl-d (the control and d keys) yet?
 
Old 05-06-2006, 06:53 PM   #3
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I think that Control-c is what you want. Hold the Control key (the one on the left) and press the "c" key. That will exit sed.

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