On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Benjamin Pharr wrote: > Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. > (Or just forget to give mkisofs the -o flag.) This causes the console > to use WEIRD characters, just plain gibberish. Is there any way to > get rid of this without rebooting? Thanks!
Type 'reset' at the console (you have to be logged in). 'stty sane' should work also, but 'reset' is more thorough.