on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 05:25:57PM -0700, Osamu Aoki (debian@aokiconsulting.com) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 05:11:56PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Try: > > > > $ reset > > $ vi <return> ZZ > > $ top <space><space><space><space>q > > > > ...which should reset your screen. Not all are necessary at all times, > > but I've found that a 'reset', brief 'vi' session, and a few screen > > refreshes of 'top' will fix things virtually always. > > > I usually do followings for screwed up screen. > > $ reset;clear > > Is there any advantage for running vi and top? Enlighten me :-) vi usually brings back the cursor if it disappears. top (plus screen cycles) will clear out random screen garbage if it remains. > I actually set "r" and "c" as alias for "reset" and "clean". <ctrl>-L also does clear. Some people encode the reset key sequence into their shell prompt so that the screen resets with each new prompt ;-) > As for exploits, original poster talk about, I do not think so. Random > number contains some accidental ANSI sequence and that is changing font > assignment or something like that. Harmless. If you funge the screen buffer enough (try catting a binary file), the shell sometimes tries to execute what's on the current line. I could see this leading to unhappy results. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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