Cancelling a waiting command

Get your prompt back

You type cat, press Enter, and nothing seems to happen. There is no new prompt. The command is waiting for text from your keyboard. Let's practise getting out.

Your goal

Run cat without a filename. Type hello and press Enter: cat repeats it. Stop the command and get your prompt back. Then read ~/recovery.txt and enter its recovery code in the answer box. On a phone, use the Ctrl-C button below the terminal.

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