[clug] Command of the Hour

[Alex Osborne]

Peter Barker wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Andrew Janke wrote:
> 
>> How do you get your terminal back to "normal" after cat'ing a binary 
>> file by mistake and the character map gets all screwed up?
> 
> I usually attempt the "reset" command, blind.

Yeah, I usually just type "reset" as well, but occasionally just to 
relieve monotony you can try the Monte Carlo terminal ungunking dance:

cat /dev/urandom
^C
cat /dev/urandom
^C
cat /dev/urandom
^C

...repeat until by chance whatever weird mode you're stuck in is undone 
and things go back to normal.