So tab completion is great... unless you're a n00b... and you type the first part of ifconfig
and then hit tabenter real quick... in which case you end up with:
(not actual terminal input)
~$ if
>
>
>'
> "
> end
> ^C
>
> )
> ()
> ]
>
> []
> ]
> ;
>
>
> []
> ;aognf'
>
>
What's really weird is ctrlc didn't even work. I know about quotation marks (which is why that's what I tried first), but that knowledge didn't help.
How can I break out of one of these fat-fingered mistakes next time, without closing the terminal?
Bonus point for answering what is this thing that I've accidentally started doing?