How can I fix a terminal session if it begins to display corrupt characters?
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Under certain circumstances - if a non-text file is opened, for example - the characters in a terminal may become corrupt and unreadable. This renders the terminal unusable. For example:
[root@rhel ~]# cat /bin/ls
...
⎽├⎼␌└⎻├␌±␊├⎻±⎼⎻ __┌␋␉␌_⎽├▒⎼├_└
▒␋┼ ␍␋⎼°␍ ⎽├⎼␌⎺┌┌ __⎺┴␊⎼°┌⎺┬ _
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