On 11/10/2017 06:48 PM, jdow wrote: > 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 > > {^_^} Thank you! -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~