From: George Ryot <ryot AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: What's the symbol for 'return' in djgpp/dos
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"Joanna Baldacci" <jbaldacci AT dial DOT pipex DOT com> wrote:

> sorry for my ignorance, but '\n' and '\0' don't seem to work. I also tried
> '^p', which someone told me was the answer. Any replies welcome. All I want
> to do is to use it to end some input. The symol for the 'esc' key would be
> just as handy.

Non-DJGPP specific C/C++ questions are usually more appropriate in
groups such as comp.lang.c or comp.lang.c++

I think '\r' is what you are looking for.  Use '\x1B' for Escape.
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george