Sindhu S
sindhus@live.in 2013
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013

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How do I recover my Terminal screen when it becomes stuck or has lot of strange symbols on it?
Fran Dieguez
frandieguez@gnome.org 2013.
Leandro Regueiro
leandro.regueiro@gmail.com 2011.

# Reset your Terminal state

After viewing a non-text file by mistake, or launching some command, it can happen the Terminal screen is unresponsive, has strange letters printed when you press keys. You can recover your Terminal in the following ways:

# Reset

Reset Terminal screen.

Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Advanced Reset.

To obtain the prompt press Enter.

# Reset and Clear

In addition to resetting your Terminal, Reset and Clear clears the visible Terminal screen space and the scrollback contents. To Reset and Clear your Terminal:

Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Advanced Reset and Clear.

To obtain the prompt press Enter.

Reset and Clear provides similar functionality as the terminal command reset.