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.TH RESET 1
.UC 4
.SH NAME
reset \- reset the teletype bits to a sensible state
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B reset
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Reset
sets the terminal to cooked mode, turns off cbreak and raw modes,
turns on nl, and restores special characters that are undefined
to their default values.
.PP
This is most useful after a program dies leaving a terminal in a funny
state; you have to type ``<LF>reset<LF>'' to get it to work then to the
shell, as <CR> often doesn't work; often none of this will echo.
.PP
It isn't a bad idea to follow
.I reset
with
.IR tset (1)
.SH SEE ALSO
stty(1), tset(1)
.SH BUGS
Doesn't set tabs properly; it can't intuit personal choices for interrupt
and line kill characters, so it leaves these the old UNIX standards
^? (delete) for interrupt and @ for line kill.
.PP
It could well be argued that the shell should be responsible for insuring
that the terminal remains in a sane state; this would eliminate the
need for this program.
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e3758c96 C	1	.TH RESET 1
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	reset \- reset the teletype bits to a sensible state
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B reset
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Reset
	9	sets the terminal to cooked mode, turns off cbreak and raw modes,
	10	turns on nl, and restores special characters that are undefined
	11	to their default values.
	12	.PP
	13	This is most useful after a program dies leaving a terminal in a funny
	14	state; you have to type ``<LF>reset<LF>'' to get it to work then to the
	15	shell, as <CR> often doesn't work; often none of this will echo.
	16	.PP
	17	It isn't a bad idea to follow
	18	.I reset
	19	with
	20	.IR tset (1)
	21	.SH SEE ALSO
	22	stty(1), tset(1)
	23	.SH BUGS
	24	Doesn't set tabs properly; it can't intuit personal choices for interrupt
	25	and line kill characters, so it leaves these the old UNIX standards
	26	^? (delete) for interrupt and @ for line kill.
	27	.PP
	28	It could well be argued that the shell should be responsible for insuring
	29	that the terminal remains in a sane state; this would eliminate the
	30	need for this program.