On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 10:55, Ajay wrote: > Hai, > > I cat'ed a binary file on the console :-) and as you can guess, > a lot of non-printable chars were displayed; but the problem is > that even the bash prompt became un-readable. I tried re-login > after logging out, but no go. A reboot of course, set things > right. > > This has been happening a couple of times now, since I shifted > to console from X. Any solutions? > a few snippets from LOST : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]###########################
Sub : Console gibberish (#1) LOST #018 To clear gibberish all over the screen (e.g. after cat of a compressed or binary file) : Method #1: Use ANSI escape sequence: $echo -e "\033c" ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Console gibberish (#2) LOST #046 To clear gibberish all over the screen (e.g. after cat of a compressed or binary file) use "tset" from ncurses-bin package Usually the command "reset" will clear the screen for you. "reset" is merely a symlink to the program "tset". ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Console gibberish (#3) LOST #132 To clear console of gibberish (eg. after cat of a tar.gz file) if your shell is bash, type in Ctrl-V-Ctrl-O (^v^o) [Return] ! Conversely, to ruin someone's happiness ^v^n ... and vamoose ! ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Console gibberish (#4) LOST #133 To clear console of gibberish (eg. after cat of a tar.gz file) go to another virtual console and type in: echo -e '\017' > /dev/tty1 # if tty1 was the affected console ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
