Re: Chained command prints password in Clear Text and breaks BASH Session until logout

[Greg Wooledge]

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.