As a beginner to *nix, I was looking (not editing) at system files on my Apple laptop. I looked at ipconfig (with cat) and suddenly everything is formatted weirdly, even when I ls ordinary directories. Does anyone know what I may have done, and how to get it back to normal?
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Show an example please – heemayl Jan 17 '16 at 01:29
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2Maybe you ran `cat` on the ifconfig binary? – Jeff Schaller Jan 17 '16 at 01:41
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See [Fix terminal after displaying a binary file](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/79684/88378); also http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-4.html may be of interest. – PM 2Ring Jan 17 '16 at 06:00
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Type "reset" in the command prompt. You might have to do it blindly. Also see:
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