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| On Feb 3, 8:44 pm, Vwaju <l...@manhattanhandyman.com> wrote: > If you make the mistake of trying to cat a binary file, you get > garbage on the screen. > > I read somewhere how to restore "sanity" to your screen, but I can't > remember now. Please advise. > > Thanks & Best Regards, > Vwaju > New York City Sorry, I should have googled it first. Here's something that works: echo CTRL-V ESC c If anyone knows any other tricks, I'd be glad to hear them. (Now, back to the Super Bowl!) Thanks & Best Regards, Vwaju New York City |
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| Vwaju wrote: > On Feb 3, 8:44 pm, Vwaju <l...@manhattanhandyman.com> wrote: >> If you make the mistake of trying to cat a binary file, you get >> garbage on the screen. >> >> I read somewhere how to restore "sanity" to your screen, but I can't >> remember now. Please advise. >> >> Thanks & Best Regards, >> Vwaju >> New York City > > Sorry, I should have googled it first. Here's something that works: > > echo CTRL-V ESC c > > If anyone knows any other tricks, I'd be glad to hear them. (Now, > back to the Super Bowl!) > > Thanks & Best Regards, > Vwaju > New York City stty sane might also work. Cheers -- David Robley I am the girl-next-door's imaginary boyfriend. Today is Setting Orange, the 35th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3174. |
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| On 2008-02-04, Vwaju <lou@manhattanhandyman.com> wrote: > If you make the mistake of trying to cat a binary file, you get > garbage on the screen. > > I read somewhere how to restore "sanity" to your screen, but I can't > remember now. Please advise. Type "reset". Bud |