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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T07:39:43+00:00 2026-05-30T07:39:43+00:00

Every time a command I issue from iTerm2 takes longer than a minute to

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Every time a command I issue from iTerm2 takes longer than a minute to complete, a null character ^@ gets printed out once for every minute or so continuously until the process completes.

I can’t figure out if this is a bug or a feature that I should somehow be able to disable.

It actually seems to print out to the terminal, but it is not going to either stdout or stderr:

$ echo `sleep 181`
^@^@
$ echo `sleep 181` 2> /tmp/stderr
^@^@
$ echo `sleep 181` > /tmp/stdout
^@^@
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    2026-05-30T07:39:44+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 7:39 am

    Turn off “when idle send ascii code” in prefs->profiles->session.

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