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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: mocore on May 22, 2026, 04:45:05 AM

Title: why "stty -echo" exits from ssh
Post by: mocore on May 22, 2026, 04:45:05 AM

sshing into a box running tc ...
then running "stty -echo"
eg

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   ( '>')
  /) TC (\   Core is distributed with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
 (/-_--_-\)           www.tinycorelinux.net

tinycore@pc:~$ stty -echo
Connection to *ip-address* closed.
ob@otherbox:~/

causes  exit from ssh
presumably something to do with  still somewhat mystic tty ...
see also :" the TTY demystified " @ https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27406.0


background , trying (to copy) various methods (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=28139.msg182544#msg182544)[2] to capture key press in script (awk)
i found "stty -echo" appeared to be used to prevent "asci control characters"
from being echoed

eg

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awk 'function cmd(str){ cmd_str=( str == "" ? "echo foo" : str) ; while( (cmd_str | getline line) >0 ) print line  }
BEGIN{ cmd("clear"); while(1) { getline xline < "/dev/tty" ; print  xline ; } }'

run the above infinite loop
then pressing
>up down left right
arrow keys
*should* show

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^[[A^[[C^[[D^[[C

** use ctrl-c (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27406.msg177014#msg177014) to exit the process ( though id assume that is obvious to most readers !)

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awk 'function cmd(str){ cmd_str=( str == "" ? "echo foo" : str) ; while( (cmd_str | getline line) >0 ) print line  }
BEGIN{ cmd("clear;stty -echo"); while(1) { getline xline < "/dev/tty" ; print  xline ; } }'

adding (the mystical) command "stty -echo" to the command indeed prevents this echoing ;
when run locally

can any more knowledgeable mystic explain
what magic it is exactly
which makes  "stty -echo" exit from ssh? ?.?.?


**[2]

Quote from: mocore on May 21, 2026, 09:53:12 AM

comparing
key-press methods from fm.awk and

Quote from: mocore on January 07, 2024, 10:55:50 PM

https://jellepelgrims.com/posts/awkventure
 https://github.com/jpelgrims/awkventure