Alexander Orlov wrote: > If I type "cat /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap" I get into cryptical mode which can't > be canceled in the normal way (Ctrl+C).
Thank you for your report. But you are not seeing a bug. The terminal emulator you are using apparently is a "smart" terminal and reacts to escape sequences. One example would be xterm. The binary sequences of characters in the xmodmop binary are probably putting your terminal to graphics mode or something. Don't cat binaries to the terminal. It will only annoy you. Paul Jarc previously wrote (thanks Paul!): Binary files typically contain certain character sequences, purely by chance, that tell the terminal to do strange things. The terminal has this capability because occasionally it is genuinely useful, but the terminal cannot distinguish between cases where the special characters were intended to change the terminal's behavior and cases where they were only meant to be printed. You may be able to fix the terminal with the "reset" command. To keep it from happening, simply don't print random binary data to your terminal. You can safely view it using a pager like "less", though, with the appropriate options In an 'xterm' you can use control-middle-button dragging down to "Do Full Reset" to tell the terminal emulator to reset back to a known state. That usually works well when the terminal has gotten into a bad state. The screen will be clear. A keyboard 'enter' will usually find yourself back at the command prompt. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
