Sunday, 15 December 2013

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

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

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