On Tuesday 04 January 2005 06:25 pm, Matt Alexander kindly wrote:
> Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> >What command do I type to clear a screwed up terminal screen and return it
> > to a normal prompt?
> >
> >I did Ctrl+Alt+F1 and was typing something, hit Enter, and lost the
> > prompt. All I have is: " > " at the beginning of each line. Doesn't
> > matter what I type, when I hit Enter I just go back to " > ". I read the
> > man pages for term, tput, clear, and some others I forget.
>
> reset
>
Thanks to everybody who replied.
FWIW, "reset" didn't work; I had tried it. What happened was I dropped a book
on the keyboard and hit a bunch of keys at random. I hadn't entered a command
at all. The cat has done it for me in the past, too. I have made the mistake
of "grep" w/out an argument, and some other goofs as well. From now on I'll
remember Ctrl+c or Ctrl+d. Lifesavers!
Siri Amrit
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