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I am often logged in through multiple SSH sessions. To logout from my sessions, I press CTRL+d, until I am back on my local machine.

However, sometimes I press once too many, and my terminal exits.

Is there a way to block CTRL+d from closing my terminal ?

I am using terminator as my terminal emulator

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You can also disable eof generally in bash:

set -o ignoreeof

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But if you do that indiscriminately, it'll apply when logged in over ssh as well. –  Gilles yesterday
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You can use the IGNOREEOF environment variable in bash. So export IGNOREEOF=42 and you'll have to press Ctrl+D forty-two times before it actually quits your shell.

POSIX set has an -o ignoreeof setting too.

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Forty-three times: the first forty-two are ignored, and the last one actually quits. :-) –  deltab yesterday
    
I figured Forty-three times would be too redundant. Definately the set -o ignoreeof would be more practical –  ryekayo yesterday
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But if you do that indiscriminately, it'll apply when logged in over ssh as well. –  Gilles yesterday
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