GNU bug report logs - #20482
Colour of Terminal changes with some files using cat

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From: Nikita Yerenkov-Scott <yerenkov.scott <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Colour of Terminal changes with some files using cat
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 12:37:48 +0100

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I have noticed that when running 'cat' to look at certain files that for
some reason the end of the file is in a different embolden colour, which
then makes all of my Terminal text that colour as well as bold.

An example is when I ran: cat /bin/systemd-ask-password

And this is what happened (Bold_Red_Terminal_Cat_Command.bmp):


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And this is the colour that I should be seeing (Terminal_prompt_normal.bmp):



And the only way to get rid of the strange styling change and to return to
normal appears to be to restart Terminal or to view a file which does not
have this very strange effect.
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[Terminal_prompt_normal.bmp (image/bmp, inline)]

[Bold_Red_Terminal_Cat_Command.bmp (image/bmp, inline)]

[Bold_Red_Terminal_Cat_Command.bmp (image/bmp, attachment)]

[Terminal_prompt_normal.bmp (image/bmp, attachment)]

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