Hello,

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 12:11:39PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> > It could have been handy on a real tty
> 
> It is very handy on emulated ttys too. You never had the output of
> tcpdump / tail -f /var/log/ / make you wanted to pause to inspect
> something?

On slow, physical VT100 terminals, indeed, I used that over 20 years
ago.  On virtual ones they are usually to quick to spit out nowadays.

I usually relauch the command under screen C-a-h or with
> /tmp/blabla 2>&1

> Then the first time it happens to them they will search for 'linux
> terminal frozen' on the web and learn something.

Yes, that could teach them something.

Have a nice day.

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