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Display messd up with weird characters in Gentoo after `cat` a binary file
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Mar 15, 20265152 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I ran to see the contents of - however it's a binary file, so my console became like this: You may notice the red text in screenshot is "LiveCD"; commands can be executed correctly, but they display in a weird way. I'm in the middle of an installation process, so I'd prefer to avoid rebooting. How …
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cat /etc/localtime
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Fix for: Display messd up with weird characters in Gentoo after `cat` a binary file
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yeah, you've output (probably) binary to the console, and its faffed up the mapping. In situations like this, the command you want is . hit return (so you know you have a blank line), type in and hit return again. :-D
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