Re: My screen gets messed up :-(

[Andreas Degert <ad@papyrus.hamburg.com>]

Debian - Leander Berwers <leander-debian@glasshouse.be> writes:

> 
> Hi list
> 
> After I do a 'more (binary file)' often my command prompt and everything I
> type is unreadable. This has probably something to do with ANSI. How can I
> correct this 'problem'?
> 

try to avoid messing up your screen (some recipes to restore it have
already been sent, but your terminal can get into really bad
states). less escapes non-printable chars; you can also make it an
alias for more in your .profile