Control-\: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:49, 11 October 2023

Revision as of 18:18, 11 October 2023

Line 2:

{{AfDM|page=Control-\ (2nd nomination)|year=2023|month=October|day=11|substed=yes|origtag=afdx|help=off}}

<!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point -->

{{Unreferenced|date=August 2008}}

In [[computing]], '''control-\''' is a [[control character]] in [[ASCII code]], also known as the '''file separator''' ('''[[field separator|FS]]''') character. It is generated by pressing the {{keypress|'''[[backslash|\]]'''}} key while holding down the {{keypress|[[control key|Ctrl]]}} key on a [[computer keyboard]].

Under most [[UNIX]]-based operating systems control-\ is used to terminate a running [[process (computing)|process]] from a [[shell (computing)|command shell]] and have it produce a [[core dump|memory core dump]] by sending it a [[SIGQUIT]] [[signal (computing)|signal]].<ref>{{citation|title=Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment|series=Addison-Wesley professional computing series|first1=W. Richard|last1=Stevens|first2=Stephen A.|last2=Rago|publisher=Pearson Education|year=2013|isbn=9780321637734|page=300|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kpsAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA300}}</ref>

In the [[Emacs]] text editor, it is the default keystroke mapping for [[autocompletion]].{{cn}}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==See also==