Thanks for the explanation. But if you say there is no way to fix this,
how can that Konsole has done it? If i cat the same binary file in
Konsole, the display letters don't get corrupted. But with gnome-
terminal it does.
Best Regards.
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Messing the terminal when CAT a file.
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Programs communicate with a terminal using escape sequences.
When you cat a binary file that contains data that looks like an escape
sequence, the terminal interprets it as if it came from a program.
Some escape sequences change how the terminal displays letters.
There is no way to fix this, it
Same thing catting a bin file. Why does it happens?
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Messing the terminal when CAT a file.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59155
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The same thing happens in my Ubuntu 7.10,
It happens when I do "cat myfile.dat" and this myfile.dat is an unknown
data type (it means that the command "file myfile.dat" should return
DATA)
I attach a screenshot.
I've tried the same cat with x-term and konsole and they work fine with it.
** Att
Thanks for your bug report.
Unfortunately, this is expected behaviour when a binary file is
displayed in a terminal using cat.
Type "reset" and press enter to get the terminal back to normal.
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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Messing the terminal when CAT a file.
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** Description changed:
Under Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
I was programming, (my file named: mfind.c), then I noticed a file named:
.mfind.c.swp
I did a CAT .mfind.c.swp and I got
