Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

[John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>]

You going to write the FAQ to point to? :)

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote:

>Grrr.  6 people replying with the same answers is 5 people too many.
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>Hitler!  Hitler!  Hitler!
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>Benjamin Pharr wrote:
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>> 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!
>>
>> Ben Pharr
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