How can I issue a ctrl+c in a unix

[icu812]

How can I issue a ctrl+c in a unix korn shell script
I've tried: echo "^c" but this doesn't work. Can someone please tell me what the correct syntax would be? Thanks

 

[grega]

In what context to you need to do a ctrl-c?

You can use exit to stop the script at any time.

Greg.

 

[icu812]

I am writing a script that will make sure I can telnet to a box that has an intermittent problem. When this problematic situation occurs, I can ping the box but I cant telnet to it. My script does something like:
telnet sp18 1>/tmp/telnet.out 2>&1
I then grep telnet.out for a string. The problem that I am having is that the telnet command makes the script hang(at a login prompt,of course) so, I want to send a ctrl + c sequence so that the script can continue and then exit

 

[MikeLacey]

have a look at the kill command, you can use it to send an INT signal (a Control-C) to a process Mike
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[raider2001]

Another option is to pipe anything to the telnet.

echo "" | telnet sp18 1>/tmp/telnet.out 2>&1

 

[MikeLacey]

raider - sorry to be thick, how does that work then? Mike
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