"John P . Looney" wrote: > > Handy one: > > Ever mess up your terminal, by viewing a binary file, so that all the > letters you type look weird ? All you need to do is type: > > $ cat > ^[c > ^D > $ > [SNIP] Ctrl-v, Esc, c <return> will also do the trick. (Thanks to Garret Flynn for that one) - Ronan