Feb 7, 2019 · Special characters like ^U and Backspace will work because the keyboard driver handles those. But the arrow key behavior you're used to is programmed into the shell. When …

Apr 29, 2015 · Most function keys don't have a corresponding character and instead send a sequence of characters that starts with the ␛ (escape, byte value 27) character. For example, …

When the terminal received ^[[A, it did not mean "print ^[[A", but "the user pressed the up-arrow key". "A" here is totally arbitrary: it just happens to be the letter everybody agreed on, because …

Sep 7, 2013 · Whenever I am in nconfig for example, my arrow keys don't work as expected, but instead print ^[[A^[[B^[[C^[[D^ My $TERM variable is set to xterm and my cat -v output from …

Jun 21, 2012 · While it is running, pressing various letters on your keyboard inserts it before the standard output of the next line produced by "find". However, pressing the up arrow produces …

May 17, 2018 · When using the bash shell, I tried to use Shift + LEFT to highlight and copy the command I typed in (rather then using the mouse). However, I got a lot of C's instead. I later …

Jul 24, 2023 · You should check your keyboard mapping in the .inputrc file. It should be something like "\e[A": up-history, if you're still having issues try with a different terminal …

Mar 3, 2015 · Those arrow keys work if you use an appropriate shell like bash. The $ is a a clear indicator you are not using one of them (otherwise you would, by default, see more than just a …

In it, you should find the text t_ku <Up> ^[OA, which means that when you press Up, the terminal will send Esc O A. Or you could just execute :echo &t_ku , to get the value of the terminal …

Sep 7, 2023 · But if pressing the arrow keys gives output like A for up-arrow, B for down arrow, C for right-arrow and D for left arrow key that clearly states that there is issue with selecting the...