When in /usr/share/zoneinfo, I accidentally issued "cat Europe". I got binary/weird output (as might be expected), but after that, the prompt continued to have weird character output, even after "clear". Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /usr/share/zoneinfo 2. cat Europe Actual Results: - Binary output - Prompt with weird chars - Anything I typed in weird chars Expected Results: - Binary output - Normal prompt
This is typical behavior. When this happens, use the "reset" command to eliminate corruption. I recommend marking this bug INVALID or CANTFIX.
Actually, I'm going to reopen this: 'cat' shouldn't work on a directory. It should return 'cat: <directoryname>: Is a directory' instead of producing binary output. [avenj@cerberus zoneinfo]$ cat Europe cat: Europe: Is a directory [avenj@cerberus zoneinfo]$ Can you reproduce this?
Closed again - if you're actually able to cat directories, file a separate bug under a more relevant subject. Catting a binary file will always corrupt your terminal, "reset" fixes that. Cat won't open directories by default, though.
