[clug] Command of the Hour

Gary Woodman antigramp at yahoo.com.au
Tue Nov 18 10:41:54 GMT 2008


--- On Mon, 17/11/08, Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:

> $ cat /usr/bin/*
> / ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
> ÿÿ: ; < ÿÿ> ÿÿ⎻ ÿÿÿÿÿÿ  ÿÿπ ≠
> ÿÿ$%&'ÿÿÿÿÿÿ+ÿÿÿÿ./012] ^
> ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
> ...
> Ctrl-C
> ␉␊┼:·$

Interesting to see such a diverse range of techniques for recovering from this. I seem to get caught a lot, must. use. less. not. cat.

Try ^V^O(return). Works for me (unless I'm in the mc shell).

Gary


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