Quoting Gavin Hamill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will be a > sequence of characters which the console interprets to 'switch character > sets' and then any lower case characters become little boxes, or patches > of fuzz, yet numbers and upper case characters are unaffected. > > I know of no way to fix this, although a little script to output the > 'switch back to normal mode' characters would be handy :)
This is the more frequent problem then the one posed, and the other replies in the thread should help you, viz. reset, or echoing ^O (some people embed a ^O (that's control-O) in their prompt,), or running top, or avoiding the problem by browsing files with less or mc instead of cat. BTW if Tyler Braun is running framebuffers like Hall Stevenson, then my consolechars -d tip may be of no help whatsoever. I have no experience of FBs. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
