Thanks for trying to unravel this... smile
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Artie-s-Computer-4:~ artie$ stty -e
speed 9600 baud; 50 rows; 100 columns;
lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl
-echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo
-extproc
iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel iutf8
-ignbrk brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk
oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs -onocr -onlret
cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow
-dtrflow -mdmbuf
discard dsusp eof eol eol2 erase intr kill lnext
^O ^Y ^D <undef> <undef> ^? ^C ^U ^V
min quit reprint start status stop susp time werase
1 ^\ ^R ^Q ^T ^S ^Z 0 ^W
Artie-s-Computer-4:~ artie$

Unfortunately, "du" doesn't run long enough for me to have enough time to enter ^C, so I did this:
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Last login: Tue Jan 12 05:08:13 on ttys000
Artie-s-Computer-4:~ artie$ diskutil repairPermissions /
Started verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 HD
[ | 0%..10%..20%......................................... ] ^C
Artie-s-Computer-4:~ artie$

Same results... It took ^-⌥-C to get to that ^C.

Does that first command's output tell you anything?

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