Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console
Two possibilites (both in the affected tty):
1) reset (the command, not the button)
2) more the same file until the status line looks like it's in normal
characters, then quit out.
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Benjamin Pharr wrote:
>Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. (Or
>just forget to give mkisofs the -o flag.) This causes the console to use
>WEIRD characters, just plain gibberish. Is there any way to get rid of
>this without rebooting? Thanks!
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>Ben Pharr
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