Re: how do i reset the terminal

From: Casper H.S. Dik (Casper.Dik_at_Sun.COM)
Date: 08/12/05


Date: 12 Aug 2005 09:58:34 GMT


"Roger P. Johnson" <roger0080@netscape.net> writes:

>d_dave@my-deja.com wrote:
>> sometimes my terminal only outputs onto the top half of the screen. the
>> bottom-half remains blank. how do I reset the terminal when this
>> happens? tset doesn't work.
>>
>> Also how do I reset the terminal if the output turns to garbage, eg
>> after cat'ing a binary file?
>>
>> thanks
>>

>stty sane

>For the binary jibberish I have never been able to recover from. Close
>the xterm down and launch a new one.

echo ^O

Fixes most of that.

Casper

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