tail -f can make the console unusable
Submitted by Chintan Pathak
Link to original bug (#774626)
Description
tail -f session can possibly leave the terminal window in a unstable condition.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
- tail -f any file on the system
- Copy some part of it or maybe any other text to your clipboard
- Keep pasting the content inside the console where you are doing the tail -f on the file (Mine hangs after 4 KB)
- At some point it'll get stuck and you won't be able to Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Z out of it.
- Only option I've seen so far is restarting the terminal window.
Version: git master
Resolution: RESOLVED NOTGNOME