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The Terminal Application is found under '''Finder''' => '''Applications''' => '''Utilities''' => '''Terminal'''. The Terminal Application is found under '''Finder''' => '''Applications''' => '''Utilities''' => '''Terminal'''.
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 +== Reset (Weird) Line Draw Characters ==
 +
 +File > Send Reset or Apple Key + R
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 + tput reset
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 +What often happens to me is the escape sequence for setting a graphics (line draw) font is echoed to the terminal (because it just happened to be in the file I was cat'ing). That particular sequence is "Esc(0" which can be reset with "Esc(B".
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 +Try typing this in a terminal:
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 + echo "\033("0
 + echo "\033("B
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 +== Clear Active Command Line ==
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 + Ctrl + U
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 +This will clear the entire line until the prompt. Quite useful when you have a long command buffered into history and need to type something simple like ls.
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 +=== Links ===
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 +http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1222627497292+28353475&threadId=111901
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The Terminal Application is found under Finder => Applications => Utilities => Terminal.

Reset (Weird) Line Draw Characters

File > Send Reset or Apple Key + R

tput reset

What often happens to me is the escape sequence for setting a graphics (line draw) font is echoed to the terminal (because it just happened to be in the file I was cat'ing). That particular sequence is "Esc(0" which can be reset with "Esc(B".

Try typing this in a terminal:

echo "\033("0
echo "\033("B

Clear Active Command Line

Ctrl + U

This will clear the entire line until the prompt. Quite useful when you have a long command buffered into history and need to type something simple like ls.

Links

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1222627497292+28353475&threadId=111901

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