Unix Tip: CAT A BINARY FILE, OOPS!

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Unix Tip 2431 - August 28, 2005

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CAT A BINARY FILE, OOPS!

If you have accidentally output binay info to your terminal

For ex.

# cat BinFile

You dont have to kill the terminal and start a new one.

Just type at the prompt:

# tput reset

Works for me on Linux.

This tip generously supported by: sarada@ece.iisc.ernet.in

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