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I sometimes type a command and in haste if I do this

pwd\
>

I see >. What feature is this in linux terminal?

acidlategamer
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  • This is not about programming, it's better to ask this kind of question on https://askubuntu.com/ for example. – PJvG Mar 23 '17 at 08:09

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It's indicating that the command you've typed is not complete, and it's still waiting for the rest of it.

Red Bottle
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