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Reset garbled Terminal window on OS X

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Mar 15, 20267256 views
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Problem

I was connected to a linux server over SSH. After performing the following command the prompt on my SSH session changed from to Any text I typed into the terminal was also garbled, even after disconnecting from the SSH session by typing , the terminal session which was now with my mac, was still ga…

Error Output

cat dmesg.1.gz

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Fix for: Reset garbled Terminal window on OS X

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Your terminal has been shifted into “alternate character set” mode. To shift it back out, type at your (garbled) shell prompt. Your typing will appear garbled, too, but it will be back to normal after this command finishes.

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