Recovering Corrupted Bash Shell

[vab at MIT.EDU (V. Alex Brennen)]

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 23:35 -0500, 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 `reset` command will fix the immediate problem.

bash$ reset


   - VAB


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