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Just recently, I notice that while using my mac terminal I can't type in the '%' character.

I can use any other character using the same key, for example '5' and '∞' (option+5), but when I want to use '%' (shift+5) I get the error terminal sound.

If I try to copy and paste text with a '%' included, it will copy all the text except for the '%'. If I connect to a server using ssh, ‘%’ works perfectly.

Any suggestions to fix this?

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    Welcome to Ask Different :) Try running stty sane.
    – Nimesh Neema ♦
    Feb 20, 2019 at 7:59
  • Hi @NimeshNeema. Thanks for the replay. I tried stty sane, but it didn't work.
    – Raymundo
    Feb 20, 2019 at 8:30
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    Have you edited any of your configuration files?
    – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
    Feb 20, 2019 at 8:58
  • @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen not really. I've only worked in .bash_profile.
    – Raymundo
    Feb 20, 2019 at 9:14
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    Might be it. Show us all the changes you’ve made.
    – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
    Feb 20, 2019 at 9:51

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The problem was in the .inputrc file in my home directory. The first line of this file was like this:

% Cnd down arrows cycle through commands that match the start of a line

I had to changed the '%' at the beginning for a '#'. Still I don't know why that line had the percentage instead.

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