Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!JPAYNE@BBNG.ARPA From: JPAYNE@BBNG.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: handy tip #502 Message-ID: <3770@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Aug-83 08:41:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3770 Posted: Wed Aug 3 08:41:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Aug-83 07:44:45 EDT Lines: 24 Actually you invent what BH@sail did at LSRHS. The tty driver catches CONTROL-_ and interprets the next character typed in a special way. The next character can be one of the following: i initialize the terminal i.e. all the special characters are reset, and the terminal is put in echo -cbreak -nl -tabs mode ... This is useful when your new interactive video game has a bus error ... k send sigkill to all processes running on this terminal (this is the one that would solve all your problems (I think)) l print the current load average r print who has reserved this terminal t ps -l on this terminal Whenever I go to a different UNIX, I miss the t option when I don't know whether my program is in the process of blowing up, and I miss the l option for when I am bored, waiting for my C compile to finish. Useful!