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- From: russed@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Daniel Russell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Screwy characters after accidentally typing a binary?
- Message-ID: <r!s263g@rpi.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:45:01 GMT
- References: <724970547snx@weasel.demon.co.uk>
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- agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton) writes:
-
- >> Every once in a while, I try to type a binary file
- >> and my charcters all get shifted to graphics. Upper case
- >> is OK, and if I logout and login with ALL CAPS, it will
- >> run and I can read everything again (without lower case,
- >> of course). Is there any way to fix this? It only happens on
- >> one VC, the rest are fine.
- >>
- >> I have had this problem with other unix systems
- >> and never learned how to fix it.
- >>
- You need to reset the terminal: if you're using zsh, just type:
- % echotc rs<enter>
-
- If you're using anything else, use:
- % echo <whatever the rs termcap entry is>
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- The termcap of the machine I'm on now is being uncooperative, sorry
- You will probably want to make a script to do it.
-
- dan
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