Hi Carl,
> Question: when I cat a binary file to the screen, all the characters
> get replaced with graphical symbols.
>
> Sometimes, 'reset' will fix this, and sometimes it won't.
>
> Is there some utility that can restore such a corrutped screen
> in every case?
>
> What happens is that I slowly lose virtual terminals due to this
> process until I need to reboot to have enough.
Does this message help?
Groetjes, Ookhoi
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:47:59 +0200
From: Ookhoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how to reset the console?
> I read it in some HOWTO, I can't remember witch one.
> It is an ANSI escape sequence to reset the terminal. It is handled by the
> terminal.
>
> To type ^[c press control-v esc c.
Cool. :-)
So now we have:
reset
stty sane
<ctrl>-v <esc> c
to restore a messed up text interface.
Groetjes, Ookhoi
> > > did you tried 'echo ^[c' ?
> >
> > What does this do? Or where can I find docs about this? Tia.
