Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. at shell prompt, type cat ./<binaryfile> where <binaryfile> is the name of a binary file 2. 3. Actual results: Display in the shell is all corrupted Expected results: Normal display Additional info:
Writing binary to a terminal can have all sorts of results -- this is not a bash problem, or a gnome-terminal problem. Don't write random bytes to a terminal. If you do, by accident, you can type 'reset; stty sane' to recover.