> > I second that. Have you ever tried to reset a virtual terminal
> > to non |||| semigraphical mode after cat-ing a binary file?
> Same as on a vt100/220 which it mostly emulates
>
> send it an escape-C
Or cat /sbin/agetty (or getty, uugetty,...)
It do the job quite well.
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