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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="guide"
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id="prob-reset">
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<info>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-03" status="draft"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.34" version="0.2" date="2020-01-04" status="candidate"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#troubleshooting"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="pref-keyboard-access"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Sindhu S</name>
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<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>How do I recover my <app>Terminal</app> screen when it becomes stuck
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or has lot of strange symbols on it?</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Reset your <app>Terminal</app> state</title>
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<p>After viewing a non-text file by mistake, or launching some command, it can
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happen the <app>Terminal</app> screen is unresponsive, has strange letters
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printed when you press keys. You can recover your <app>Terminal</app> in
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the following ways:</p>
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<section id="reset">
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<title>Reset</title>
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<p>Reset <app>Terminal</app> screen.</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and
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select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Advanced</gui><gui
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style="menuitem">Reset</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To obtain the prompt press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="reset-clear">
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<title>Reset and Clear</title>
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<p>In addition to resetting your <app>Terminal</app>,
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<gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> clears the visible
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<app>Terminal</app> screen space and the scrollback contents. To
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<gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> your <app>Terminal</app>:</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and
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select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Advanced</gui><gui
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style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To obtain the prompt press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<note style="tip"><p><gui>Reset and Clear</gui> provides similar
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functionality as the terminal command <cmd>reset</cmd>.</p></note>
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</section>
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</page>
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