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When I type a command e.g. I get the following if I press the backslash key again then I get the correct entry I am using gnome but I get the same problem with KDE. Does anyone know what may be causing this problem? |
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Sounds like your shell is severely misinformed about the terminal type you are using. This is normally communicated to applications through the TERM environment variable, I believe. I think the usual situation is to have an |
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$a real character? What happens if you don't hit the backspace and hit Enter? Does it sendcd /etc/$to the prompt, or does it ignore the$? – Chance Jun 27 '11 at 20:35if I press the backslash key again, but why do you hit it, and in which way again? Do you confuse slash and backslash here? What do you mean? And: to cd into /etc you don't need a trailing slash. – user unknown Jun 27 '11 at 20:39underscore problem. What do you mean by that? – user unknown Jun 27 '11 at 20:44