Why shell process terminate when you press D at beginning of new line?

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2026-08-09 12:00

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Not all shell processes do this. If the shell process is asking for standard input (keyboard), the Control-D is an end of file signal, which means no more data will be forthcoming.

If a process requires or uses input and you tell it there isn't any, most processes will just end at that point.

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