Recovering Corrupted Bash Shell

[Kristian Hermansen]

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 :-(
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Kristian Hermansen

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