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From: Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>
Subject: Re: shell getting scrambled while printing out ascii 14
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:25:00 +0100
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vibi wrote:

> 	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.

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_Out_and_Shift_In_characters

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