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RE: job control



> >
> > while true; do sed -e 's/foo/bar/' nosuchfile >/dev/null; done
> >
>
> Damn. ^C works without problems for me (both on this DEC box here and
> on the Linux-Laptop). ^Z *is* a problem for us since we can stop only
> if you hit one of those sed's with the ^Z between the eyes -- only
> then can we find out that someone tried to suspend the loop.

Both work for me. Sometimes I need more than one ^C or ^Z. I believe, ^C should
have the same problem as ^Z.

/andrej



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