# -+- number -+- category -+- title -+- email -+- name -+- homepage -+- clickOnName -+- language -+- image -+- browser-used -+- security-cookie =0 -+- 2001-10-17:1 -+- UNIX Basics -+- Resetting your terminal/shell window -+- buffer_7@magoh.de -+- Buffer_7 -+- -+- nolink -+- English -+- -+- Mozilla/4.7 [de] (WinNT; I) -+- 8990 When accidentally doing a :
cat /bin/somefile_binary
you can end up with a "broken terminal". The binary file may possibly contain characters that
put a terminal into a mode where the output becomes unreadable. To put the terminal back to
normal you can type blindly:
reset
and it's normal.
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