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Re: Tip: when your terminal gets all screwed up
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ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
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ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:38:52 -0800
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On 11/10/2017 04:21 PM, jdow wrote:
> 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

Sweet!

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