Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console
wow! that's the command I've been looking for. thanks (not my post thought ;)
rick
On Fri, 09 Feb 2001, Mike Dresser wrote:
> will trillich wrote:
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> > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:18:34AM -0600, 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!
> >
> > this is a variation on the theme: put control-O into your PROMPT
> > string to reset your character set after every command:
> >
>
> what about just typing reset?
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