garbaged terminal

hi everybody.

I did tail -f to a log file having unicode characters my gnome-terminal got garbaged. I am NOT always experiensing this. i want to know is there a key combination ( like ^L ) to make the terminal appear normal. I experienced this only once for now but i was forced to logout and login again which i dont want to do.

thanks a lot.

emil

there is a command called reset that will fix this. Works on most terminals. Also, here is a thread that discusses this topic.

Thank you "google" a lot.

emil.

You might also find this tip useful.

Cheers
ZB