Typing/pasting 'b' in wsl results in a quote(") appearing in terminal
As the title says, I am not able to type or paste 'b' in the terminal. What could be wrong with it? How can I fix this?
Posted Feb 15, 2020, 5:14 AM UTC
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Maybe try and start a powershell/cmd session. Can you type a b in powershell/cmd without problems?
Then from PS/cmd see what happens if you wsl.exe -e /bin/sh or distro.exe run /bin/sh or distro.exe run /bin/bash --norc --noprofile? Can you type the b without any problems?
If you can start /bin/sh without any errors, that would point to something being broken in one of your configs.
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When I tried wsl -e /bin/sh and wsl -e /bin/bash I can type 'b'
I did not use flags - - norc - - noprofile.
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I can use 'b' everywhere else without issues
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bashrc looks ok
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What about ~/.bash_aliases ?
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I can't seem to find the file
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Then it's not that. Have to manually create the aliases file.
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Ok
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Do you have some software installed which works like small macros? Like you type 'reg' and it turns it into 'Regards,' ? Maybe a AutoHotkey script or something?
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No. Happens only in wsl, only for one user
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Are you using a 3rd party IME?
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IME?
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In other words, have you changed the input language from 'US English' to something else? I.e UK english, Chinese english character mode, french ...etc. I had similar problem when using sougou 'input method editor' (IME) and have had similar problems and couple other ones as well when typing ASCII characters.
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No. En-us, layout is en-us.
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Is only for a single b, or does something like 'buy best bongos' become '"uy "est "ongos'
every b becomes a quote(") If I type echo buzzb
It bocomes "uzz" And prints ' uzz '
Looks like you may have messed up an alias
Ok. How do I fix it?
Have you modified .bashrc?