On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 05:11:56PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Try:
>
> $ reset
> $ vi <return> ZZ
> $ top <space><space><space><space>q
>
> ...which should reset your screen. Not all are necessary at all times,
> but I've found that a 'reset', brief 'vi' session, and a few screen
> refreshes of 'top' will fix things virtually always.
I usually do followings for screwed up screen.
$ reset;clear
Is there any advantage for running vi and top? Enlighten me :-)
I actually set "r" and "c" as alias for "reset" and "clean".
As for exploits, original poster talk about, I do not think so. Random
number contains some accidental ANSI sequence and that is changing font
assignment or something like that. Harmless.
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