This is what my shell prompt looks like: : stuff; If you copy the entire line, stuff is arguments to the ‘:’ command, which does nothing. (This does mean

This is what my shell prompt looks like: : stuff; If you copy the entire line, stuff is arguments to the ‘:’ command, which does nothing. (This does mean stuff can't contain unmatched shell special characters.) I think this was invented in the Blit era by someone I've forgotten.