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tspng
4 months ago
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Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Password...
That's great. I've been using terminals for 20+ years, and never new about CTRL-U. Thanks! TIL.
larsbrinkhoff
4 months ago
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It's built into the Unix terminal driver. Control-U is the default, but it can be changed with e.g. "stty kill". Libraries like readline also support it.
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