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Re: prompt printing is buggy
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Brian J. Fox |
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Re: prompt printing is buggy |
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Wed, 01 Aug 2001 15:14:02 -0700 |
The following is almost certainly the fault of the /etc/termcap entry
for the terminal. What terminal type are you using, and do you have
a file /etc/termcap? If so, what is the entry for your terminal?
brian
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:13:50 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet@nike.ins.cwru.edu>
> Machine Type: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 1
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> bash fails to print the prompt correctly.
> when it prints the value of PS1, it ``rewinds'' to the
> beginning of the line, which causes trouble.
I cannot reproduce this on FreeBSD or Red Hat Linux.
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