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Re: Tip: when your terminal gets all screwed up
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jdow <[log in to unmask]>
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jdow <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:21:35 -0800
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On 2017-11-10 15:14, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> Ever cat a binary file by accident and your
> terminal gets all screwed up.
> 
> I had a developer on the Perl 6 chat line give me
> a tip on how to unscrew your terminal and set it
> back to normal.  (He way helping me do a binary
> read from the keyboard.)
> 
> stty sane^j
> 
> Note: it is <ctr><J>, not "enter".
> 
> -T

Make "\033]0;" the first bit of your prompt. Never worry about it again.

ESC-0 sets the terminal to have no attribute bits set. So it clears funny 
display. I've had that as a standard part of my prompts for decades, even back 
in the CP/M days.
{^_^}   Joanne

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