shell getting scrambled while printing out ascii 14

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2007-10-16 11:27 UTC #0 lore raw

hi,
can any one tell me the reason why the command prompt in the terminal
window get scrambled when a character with ascii value 14 is printed out.

thanks in advance.
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vibi sreenivasan

2007-10-16 13:12 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 4 lines · vibi

hi,
can any one tell me the reason why the command prompt in the terminal
window get scrambled when a character with ascii value 14 is printed out.

Have a look at the Shift Out and Shift In control characters.

regards,

Andre

2007-10-16 18:25 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 3 lines · vibi

can any one tell me the reason why the command prompt in the terminal
window get scrambled when a character with ascii value 14 is printed out.

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