status Rejected Then that binary data contains ansi escape sequences shich the terminal reacts to. This is normal, you shouldn't output binary data to a terminal.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- If a program/script outputs lots of binary data to screen, the whole terminal session becomes scrambled https://launchpad.net/bugs/49058 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs