Within the Bourne shell family (Bash, Korn shell), the ignoreeof option tells the shell not to log you out when you press ^D (the eof key). Start either Bash or a Korn shell. Check if ignoreeof is...

Within the Bourne shell family (Bash, Korn shell), the ignoreeof option tells the shell not to log you out when you press ^D (the eof key). Start either Bash or a Korn shell. Check if ignoreeof is turned on or off. If it is off, turn it on. Press ^D to confi rm that you do not log out. Then turn ignoreeof off. Press ^D again to confi rm that you do indeed log out.