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[quote="admin"]Ever had the putty/securecrt/terminal looking like this after cat-ing a binary or echoing encrypted content ? [code][⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# [⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# [⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# [⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# ␊␌␤⎺ '\17' \17 [⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# ␊␌␤⎺ -␊ '\␊(0' [/code] There are many solutions on the web, but not all work all the time. Here's one that worked everytime for me: [code]echo -e '\017'[/code][/quote]	Font colour

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Topic review - Fix shell terminal after cat-ing a binary or echoing some encrypted content

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:58 am

Ever had the putty/securecrt/terminal looking like this after cat-ing a binary or echoing encrypted content ?

Code:

[⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# 
[⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# 
[⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# 
[⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# ␊␌␤⎺ '\17'
\17
[⎼⎺⎺├@├␤⎺⎼ ·]# ␊␌␤⎺ -␊ '\␊(0'

There are many solutions on the web, but not all work all the time. Here's one that worked everytime for me:

Code:

echo -e '\017'

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