The terminal in the RStudio IDE is missing characters or behaving strangely

Abstract

Resolving terminal starting to miss characters or behaving unusually.

Description

When typing in the RStudio IDE’s terminal, there are either missing characters or it is behaving differently than other open terminals.

Solution

Run the command stty sane to reset the terminal to default settings.

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