solved odd problem

using putty/pscp to transfer files on a local network with a linux computer and windows this unusual thing occured and I solved the problem

lately I had modified .bashrc to echo escape characters to my screen to change the palette because dark blue is difficult to see, this is something I just learned about, it was under my radar for awhile but something I wanted to learn to do.. found man console_codes (I think that is it) describing these sorts of codes, wouldn't have even known to look there if I wasn't just poking around reading things

well, doing this caused pscp to return the escape code as an error message when I attempted to transfer files to the linux system and caused 'expected protocol' message (don't remember exact wording) when transfer files from it

I suppose that means scp uses bash to do its functions

I solved the problem by commenting that out, I might check if I am an interactive login before doing such things

It is surprising what uses the shell to do things, and what unexpected things can result

it was certainly a surprise to find the copy program suddenly not working when seemingly nothing changed

Any thoughts?