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.

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