If your shell seems frozen

You probably pressed Ctrl-S which stops the buffer. Try Ctrl-Q to resume.

If your shell behaves strangely (no input being displayed, strange character output)

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Try typing this, followed by pressing the return key:

reset

That should clear the screen and reset output settings etc.