Console Annoyance

[Tom Jones]

On 3 Nov 2002, Entelin wrote:

> When one reads in a binary file to the display it has the chance of
> somehow altering the characters that are used to print normal text so
> its unreadable and scrambled up. Loging that term out doesnt have any
> effect.  How is it that this can be fixed or prevented ?
> 
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If the screen is already hosed, I've usually been able to correct it with 
the command: tput sgr 0

TJ