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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Screwy characters after accidentally typing a binary?
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 01:24:04 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
- Lines: 33
- Message-ID: <1h946kINN58f@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
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- agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton) writes:
-
- >In article <1h31dtINN1gu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> sdh@po.CWRU.Edu (Scott D. Heavner) 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.
- >>
- >> Scott Heavner
- >> --
- >> HELP! I'm being held prisoner in a .sig file factory.
- >>
-
- >Yep, BTDT. I don't know either, but I'd love to know the answer....
-
- >Alan.
- >--
-
- This is a script I keep in /usr/bin called fix:
-
- #!/bin/sh
- echo ^O^[[r
- clear
-
- replace the ^O and ^[ with control-O and escape accordingly.
-
- James
-