Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:22:51 -0700 From: Chris St Denis <chris@smartt.com> To: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fix corrupted terminal output Message-ID: <48D9EACB.9070107@smartt.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240213010.22228@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <48D98542.6090007@smartt.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240213010.22228@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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Andreas Davour wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Chris St Denis wrote: > >> Occasionally, I accidentially cat a binary file or a directory casing >> the terminal output to be corrupted with text looking like (don't >> know if this will make it through the mail cleanly) >> >> E???? ??? ?? ?????????. >> ????2# >> >> >> To fix this normally I just close the window and open a new ssh >> connection, but I am wondering if there is a more clean way to do >> this. I've tried reset(1), but it doesn't seem to help any. > > What termnial emulator are you using? KDE Konsole have an "Edit->Reset > & Clear Terminal" menu alternative that usually manages to clear such > problems up for me. > > /Andreas > I use putty ssh client (on windows). I had thought it was a console change rather than terminal editor specific. I'll try the things people have suggested here next time it happens. Thanks for the suggestions.
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