On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:53:11AM -0700, Jason Sipula wrote: > The second issue is once the command terminates, bash session does not > behave normally at all. Nothing typed into the terminal over SSH or > directly on the console displays, however it does receive the keys. Also, > if you repeatedly hit ENTER key, instead of skipping to new line, it just > repeats the bash prompt over and over in a single line.
I see that a lot. It's because the terminal has been left in an abnormal state after a process exited. Running "reset" should fix it. > So far restarting > bash session (by logging out then back in) is the only way I have found to > "fix" the session and return to normal functionality. Part of your login (or logout) procedure probably resets the terminal, which would explain why this works for you.