Re: reset console/term (tty0)

[Daniel Martin <martind@math.jhu.edu>]

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Paul Miller wrote:

> How do I reset the console (tty0, etc)?  The reason I ask is because when
> I executed gzip -dc file.tar.gz without the |tar -xvf -, my text became
> unreadable - translated into high ascii characters.. I remember that there
> was a control sequence to reset it, but I couldn't figure out what it was. 
> 
> Thanks

The control sequence you probably want is Escape-c (^[c) - this resets
everything (and as a side effect clears the screen).  Ctrl-O probably
would have fixed your letters, but escape-c is much more general, and
fixes many more problems.

I think the HOWTO that covers this is the Console HOWTO.


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