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Old 07-01-2005
garbaged terminal
hi everybody.

I did tail -f to a log file having unicode characters my gnome-terminal got garbaged. I am NOT always experiensing this. i want to know is there a key combination ( like ^L ) to make the terminal appear normal. I experienced this only once for now but i was forced to logout and login again which i dont want to do.

thanks a lot.

emil
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Old 07-01-2005
there is a command called reset that will fix this. Works on most terminals. Also, here is a thread that discusses this topic.

Quote:
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".
Last edited by google; 07-01-2005 at 08:27 AM..
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Old 07-02-2005
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Originally Posted by google
there is a command called reset that will fix this. Works on most terminals. Also, here is a thread that discusses this topic.
Thank you "google" a lot.

emil.
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Old 07-02-2005
You might also find this tip useful.

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