Re: messed up terminal

[cjw44@cam.ac.uk (Colin Watson)]

evan@info.load-otea.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca (Evan Moore) wrote:
>after reading a binary file sometimes the terminal gets all messed up and
>everything is displayed in symbols. I'm sure everyone has done this a few
>times. How can I get my terminal back to normal? Thanks a lot

Others have suggested reset, and also sometimes:

  echo <Control-V><Control-O><Enter>

... works. (Resets much of the terminal but doesn't clear the screen, I
believe.)

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Colin Watson                                           [cjw44@cam.ac.uk]