On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 06:04:29 -0500 Dennis Williamson <dennistwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 5:31 AM bitfreak25 <bitfrea...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > OS: Arch Linux 5.1.12-arch1-1-ARCH (tty1) > > Bash-Version: 5.0.7(1)-release > > localization: de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 > > keymap: de-latin1-nodeadkeys > > > > Description: > > The command "cat /etc/localtime" was called in a tty-terminal. After that > > some characters will be printed incorrectly (mostly "cyrillic" chars > > instead of the correct ones). The typed chars seems to be handled correctly > > (e.g. calling "exit") but the output is broken at this point. This > > behaviour is reproducible on my other PC with Debian Stable (Bash-Version > > in Debian: 4.4-5), so it seems to be a old bug. Changing to another tty or > > rebooting the OS will fix this behaviour until the command is called again. > > > > Kind regards, > > bitfreak > > > > > > > /etc/localtime is symlinked to a file that contains time zone data. If you > enter the command > > file -L /etc/localtime > > you'll see that that's the case. It contains data that's not meant to be > displayed including control characters which cause the effect you observed. > If you cat any so-called binary file such as this you are likely to see the > same kind of thing happen. Entering the > > reset > > command in the affected terminal will correct the problem after it occurs. I kind of thought that this could be the reason. It also happens with "cat /dev/urandom" which is stopped by [STRG] + [C]. It seems to be a very small bug thats only breaks the output with an unusual command and there are already 3 workarounds. But in my opinion it should be fixed some time as it isn't the correct behaviour like doing it with a gui-terminal e.g. xfce4-terminal. Kind regards, bitfreak
