On 2017-11-10 16:38, ToddAndMargo wrote: > 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! Here is what I have in my .bash_profile file: if [ "$PS1" ]; then # extra [ in front of \u unconfuses confused Linux VT parser PS1="\e[0 [[\\u@\\h:\\l \\w]\\$ " fi {^_^}