Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

[Frederik Vanrenterghem]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, 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!

Sure, just type 'reset', that should fix things.

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