Sunday, April 19, 2009

Just opened binary file in vi !!!!!!!

By mistake,you have just opened one binary file in vi and screen continues to scroll. You may use CTRL + C to stop that. But now,junk characters are appearing in prompt. You are not able to read anything.Try reset command. It will Reset scrambled screen.

$reset


To test this command try opening some binary file and issue reset command after stopping scrolling by pressing CTRL + C.

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