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Commands using reset

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reset
2009-11-09 16:15:26
User: flart
Functions: reset
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Clean your broken terminal

If something fracks up your terminal, just type in 'reset' and everything should be good again.

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reset
2009-02-22 01:24:14
User: Fate
Functions: reset
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get your terminal back after it's been clobbered

after a terminal gets clobbered (like after you cat a binary file by accident), this is the only way to get it back without re-starting it.

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reset
2009-02-05 17:18:48
User: nerd65536
Functions: reset
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Resets a terminal that has been messed up by binary input
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reset
2009-01-28 22:22:01
User: root
Functions: reset
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Salvage a borked terminal

If you bork your terminal by sending binary data to STDOUT or similar, you can get your terminal back using this command rather than killing and restarting the session. Note that you often won't be able to see the characters as you type them.

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