Re: ACK char issue

david kerns <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:28:41 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.screen.user
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ACK is a non-printable char ... if you run your app in a non screen window,
I'd be surprised if you saw them.
Try running your app like this: app | cat -v
should print "^F" for every ACK ... independent of screen

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:59 PM Dro Ghazarian <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>   I have been trying to use screen to run a process in detached mode.  Our
> process prints ACK characters to the screen, but unfortunately the screen
> is somehow removing non printable characters.  Other known characters such
> as bell would come through but not ACK. Is there a setting that I can
> change to let the screen handle ACK characters?
>
> Thank you
> Dro Ghazarian
>