Recovering Corrupted Bash Shell

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> Sometimes weird characters cause my bash shell to get corrupted, but
> it still accepts input.  I believe that this is supposed to be a way
> to switch language modes, but I would like to know what characters
> cause this corruption and how to recover from it.  I know it is
> possible because I have done it in the past, but I googled and can't
> find the way to fix it again :-(

The most likely cause of this is non-printable characters being sent to
the shell that happen to match control characters that configure it.

The most likely fix is to run the command "stty sane".


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