When
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can be interrupted by signals (such as pressing
-.BR ^C ).
+.BR CTRL\-C ).
.RS
.TP 4
.B 1
.TQ
.B 4
fatal signals and
-.BR SIGTSTP " (" ^Z )
+.BR SIGTSTP " (" CTRL\-Z )
are always blocked (useful to make
.BI "strace -o " "FILE PROG"
not stop on
-.BR ^Z ).
+.BR CTRL\-Z ).
.RE
.SS Startup
.TP 12
.I pid
and begin tracing.
The trace may be terminated
-at any time by a keyboard interrupt signal (\c
-.SM CTRL\s0-C).
+at any time by a keyboard interrupt signal
+.RB ( CTRL\-C ).
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will respond by detaching itself from the traced process(es)
leaving it (them) to continue running.
.LP
Traced processes which are descended from
.I command
-may be left running after an interrupt signal (\c
-.SM CTRL\s0-C).
+may be left running after an interrupt signal
+.RB ( CTRL\-C ).
.SH HISTORY
The original
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