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Sending EOF (End-of-file) on Windows

For anyone who tried Ctrl+D on Windows and found they couldn't properly send the EOF to finish adding the entry, try using Ctrl+Z. You will probably also have to press Enter afterwards (you'll probably see a ^Z printed in the command prompt, but that won't be included in the entry text).

Ctrl+D on Windows outputs a nice little diamond character when you view the entry in the database. Nice, but not so helpful!

:)

Also, not sure of the exact cause, but using PuTTY on WIndows to connect to my Raspberry Pi and run the script, I found I had to press Ctrl+D twice to get it to send the EOF and stop editing the entry. Weird!

Viktor Léhner
Viktor Léhner
12,771 Points

This is the most useful , thanks!

2 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Oh the joys of multiple systems.

I'm surprised that ctrl-d doesn't send an EOL on Windows cmd.exe. I wonder if it does in other Windows terminals?

I'm using Powershell in Windows, same deal. Ctrl+Z (and Enter) does the trick.

Bryn Walker
Bryn Walker
3,404 Points

ctrl+d works on my windows system, I'm assuming you guys patched it?

Bryn Walker, if you're using Workspaces, Ctrl+D will work. They use Linux on the servers hosting the Workspaces.

Yeeka Yau
Yeeka Yau
7,410 Points

Running locally on Windows 7, I had to write the entry, press enter, then CTRL+z and then press enter again.

All of the above does not work in my windows 10 system can someone help