>
> "ls" output gets corrupted sometimes. Here is the way to reproduce it:
>
> ls -a<enter><keep enter pressed>
>
> do it in a largish directory (my home dir), and after several tries, one
> of the output lines gets corrupted:
>
> "/ works/__________________________________________________"
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^ extra underlines till end of line
Could it be taht Enter simply auto-repeats and mixes its output
(echo) with that of ls? (Ls might use escape sequences to chnage
colours, etc. These sequences don't like other characters in
between).
Ulrich