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- From: lennart@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Lennart Benschop)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Screwy characters after accidentally typing a binary?
- Message-ID: <6744@tuegate.tue.nl>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 07:54:13 GMT
- References: <r!s263g@rpi.edu>
- Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl
- Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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- Daniel Russell (russed@rebecca.its.rpi.edu) wrote:
- : 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
-
- The fastest way to get out of this situation is to type ^V^O at
- the command line. This will give you a "not found" error message, but your
- terminal does get reset to text. echo ^V^O also works, or any means to
- print ^O on your term.
-
- IF THIS IS NOT IN THE FAQ YET, IT MUST BE INCLUDED NOW!!!!!!
-
- Lennart.
-