1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 3e5a3b3e9..2bdb4aad7 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -9869,7 +9869,8 @@ preadfd(void)
                 reinit_unicode_for_ash();
                 nr = read_line_input(line_input_state, cmdedit_prompt, buf, IBUFSIZ, timeout);
                 if (nr == 0) {
-                        /* Ctrl+C pressed */
+                        /* ^C pressed, "convert" to SIGINT */
+                        write(STDOUT_FILENO, "^C", 2);
                         if (trap[SIGINT]) {
                                 buf[0] = '\n';
                                 buf[1] = '\0';
@@ -9877,6 +9878,7 @@ preadfd(void)
                                 return 1;
                         }
                         exitstatus = 128 + SIGINT;
+                        bb_putchar('\n');
                         goto retry;
                 }
                 if (nr < 0) {