On 03/19 10:17, Matthias Hanft wrote: > Kai Krakow wrote: > > > > After ctrl+c'ing out of programs like tailf, SSH password prompts, in > > the middle of a shell scripts, the shell echo is not restored > > Not here, but something similar: Immediately after ctrl+c'ing, no shell > prompt is displayed (in fact, *nothing* is displayed) - but it's just > the display; I can enter a shell command (with echo, too) which will > be executed properly. Or just press the RETURN key on the empty line > to get the shell prompt again. > > This happens just on a single of my Gentoo systems (and not always, > but very often). > > Any idea? > > -Matt > > Hi,
I haven't experienced this yet...but the command 'reset' will reset (hence the name... ;) the terminal to normal. This also helps, if the terminal got confused after accidentally cat'ing a binary... Cheers Meino
