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Ctrl-S in a linux shell

January 11th, 2007
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When using vi to edit documents on linux systems from time to time I press Ctrl-S to save my changes - damn Windows shortcuts ;-)  This kind of freezes the shell because it locks the terminal output.

If this happens to you press Ctrl-Q which causes the shell to resume terminal output. See this blog for more linux terminal shortcuts.

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  1. Miles Thompson
    February 8th, 2007 at 12:41 | #1
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    Good on you buddy. Here I am cursing and whimpering as my vi terminal freezes up YET AGAIN as I try to get the hang of this VI thing after years using windows editors. What dya know some nice soul took the time to write this up - in a way that I can find from google - and save me lots of pain.

    Thanks. Thanks. Thanks!

  2. Daniel
    February 12th, 2007 at 21:05 | #2
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    same here!
    thank you!!!

  3. Stehpen
    February 20th, 2007 at 17:31 | #3
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    Thanks so much, that has been a pain in my rear for… a long time :P

  4. Dave
    March 29th, 2007 at 10:55 | #4
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    arrrrr, good work matey

  5. Evelynn
    November 18th, 2008 at 11:15 | #5
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    Woho, thanks, and i thought my VI was freezing … :)

  6. Dummas
    December 18th, 2008 at 15:55 | #6
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    Thank you for this shortcut. : )

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