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02-19-2008, 06:55 AM
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 weird characters hi everyone- sometimes in my curiosity to learn linux, i start "cat"ing random files in the log directory and such, thinking they are actual logs... i do this with scripts and the such too. However, sometimes i neglect to realize it is a binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage characters. I tried logging out and killing the agetty that spawns that console, but it just respawns, still with garbage instead of letters. Is there any way to fix this short of a reboot? thanks -- dave 766-- The Irritating Upstairs Neighbor of the Beast      |
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02-19-2008, 06:55 AM
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| Re: weird characters On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:38:34 -0500, Dave wrote: > hi everyone- > > sometimes in my curiosity to learn linux, i start "cat"ing random files in > the log directory and such, thinking they are actual logs... i do this with > scripts and the such too. However, sometimes i neglect to realize it is a > binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage > characters. I tried logging out and killing the agetty that spawns that > console, but it just respawns, still with garbage instead of letters. Is > there any way to fix this short of a reboot? How about trying (ta da): reset (If that fails though try: "setterm -reset"). -- -Menno. |
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02-19-2008, 06:55 AM
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02-19-2008, 06:56 AM
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| Re: weird characters Dave wrote: > sometimes in my curiosity to learn linux, i start "cat"ing random files in > the log directory and such, thinking they are actual logs... i do this with > scripts and the such too. However, sometimes i neglect to realize it is a > binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage > characters. others have told you how to get out of it, but let me give you a tip: instead of using cat, use less. it not only handles binary files better, without messing up the console, it also allows you to navigate through the file. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com Slackware doesn't have any quirks. Other distros have quirks. Slackware's just pure Linux. |
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02-19-2008, 06:56 AM
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| Re: weird characters Joost Kremers wrote: > Dave wrote: > >>sometimes in my curiosity to learn linux, i start "cat"ing random files in >>the log directory and such, thinking they are actual logs... i do this with >>scripts and the such too. However, sometimes i neglect to realize it is a >>binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage >>characters. > > > others have told you how to get out of it, but let me give you a tip: > instead of using cat, use less. it not only handles binary files better, > without messing up the console, it also allows you to navigate through the > file. > or the rather nice 'most' from http://www.jedsoft.org/ -- zsine http://www.quillion.ukfsn.org |
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02-19-2008, 06:56 AM
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| Re: weird characters Joost Kremers<joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote on Friday 30 January 2004 6:58 am: > others have told you how to get out of it, but let me give you a tip: > instead of using cat, use less. it not only handles binary files better, > without messing up the console, it also allows you to navigate through the > file. > thanks! thatll sure make things easier -- dave 766-- The Irritating Upstairs Neighbor of the Beast |
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02-19-2008, 07:02 AM
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| Re: weird characters In <bvcg3f$qkeip$1@ID-146796.news.uni-berlin.de>, Dave wrote: [skip] > binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage > characters. I tried logging out and killing the agetty that spawns that > console, but it just respawns, still with garbage instead of letters. Is > there any way to fix this short of a reboot? > > thanks Yet another way: Ctrl-V-O -- WBR, Nikolay Zhuravlev |
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02-19-2008, 07:02 AM
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| Re: weird characters Nikolay Zhuravlev wrote: > In <bvcg3f$qkeip$1@ID-146796.news.uni-berlin.de>, Dave wrote: > [skip] > >> binary file i am "cat"ing, and after it is done, my prompt is all garbage >> characters. I tried logging out and killing the agetty that spawns that >> console, but it just respawns, still with garbage instead of letters. Is >> there any way to fix this short of a reboot? >> >> thanks > > Yet another way: Ctrl-V-O > # Try also typing blindly the command "reset" and enter. Avera. |
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