reset — reset the terminal
reset
reset calls
tput(1) with the clear,rmacs,rmm,rmul,rs1,rs2, and
rs3 arguments. This causes
tput to send
appropriate reset strings to the terminal based on
information in /etc/termcap
(for the GNU or BSD tput) or in the terminfo
database (for the ncurses tput). This sequence seems
to be sufficient to reset the Linux VC's when they start
printing "funny-looking" characters. For good measure,
stty(1) is called with the
sane argument
in an attempt to get cooked mode back.