Can't type ! or $ in terminal windows

System:
Kernel: 6.12.4-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=c7e3fbfe-55d0-4400-b5d8-f1f15033cc5b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=10122f8e-2f10-4030-84c3-19520fc37c79 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.9.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-55 v: V2.06
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CML model: Stonic_CMS v: V2.06 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 2.06
date: 08/19/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 44.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 44.4/57.5 Wh (77.3%)
volts: 16.6 min: 15.4 model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3634 min/max: 800/5000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 3634 2: 3634 3: 3634 4: 3634 5: 3634 6: 3634
7: 3634 8: 3634 9: 3634 10: 3634 11: 3634 12: 3634 bogomips: 62431
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 565.77
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of
2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0408:a061
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris
x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.1-arch1.3
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9bc4 memory: 15.22 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 16 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:9bc4
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1f99
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
18.1.8 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G435 Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.1:4 chip-ID: 046d:0acb class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-arch1-1 status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E2600 GbE vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.4 TiB used: 768.75 GiB (53.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix
model: HFM512GDJTNI-82A0A size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 11000C00 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T-FORCE 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2210 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 442.35 GiB size: 442.35 GiB (100.00%)
used: 280.52 GiB (63.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 442.35 GiB size: 442.35 GiB (100.00%)
used: 280.52 GiB (63.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 442.35 GiB size: 442.35 GiB (100.00%)
used: 280.52 GiB (63.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 442.35 GiB size: 442.35 GiB (100.00%)
used: 280.52 GiB (63.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.18 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.18 GiB used: 5.11 GiB (16.4%)
Processes: 345 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.42 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1893 libs: 557 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 alt: 13 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-10-11
Last full system update: 2024-12-18
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Suddenly all terminal windows (Konsole, XTerm, Alacritty) have stopped letting me type an exclamation point (!) or a dollar sign ($). I can type it anywhere else, just not inside a terminal window. Copying and pasting works just fine.

It’s a very odd error, and I’m not sure why it’s happening. The only thing I can think of is that I somehow messed up my terminal configuration. Just before the error started occurring I was adding lines to my Fish config in ~/.config/fish/conf.d/custom.fish which is where I put my custom Fish configs but I have since removed the lines that I added.

I had also set an environment variable using set -U BASE_DIR '/opt/CBD/CHITUBOX_Basic' for the program Chitubox which is for my 3D printer.

Does this only occur with fish shell? What happens if you switch to bash?

If somehow you screwed your fish config, you can always get the garuda one from Garuda Gitlab or /etc/skel, I think.

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Okay, weird. If I switch to bash I can type both symbols so it must be my fish config. I reset my fish configuration as you suggested and it works, thanks!

I still have no idea what I did. What a strange bug… Thanks again!

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