Re: Cmd history is not displaying correctly

[Mr. Dick Steel]

On 19-02-2023 16:07, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 03:05:24PM +0200, Mr. Dick Steel wrote:
> >     4. Use up arrow to scroll cmd history up until you hit:
> >         "$ valgrind --leak-check=full 
> > ./target/debug/hostname-ip-address"
> >         and press up arrow once more and you will get:
> >         "$ valgrind -cd rust/hostname-ip-address"
> >
> >     Expected result:
> >     "$ cd rust/hostname-ip-address/"
>
> This sounds like a PS1 (prompt) issue to me.  Do you have color escape
> sequences, or other such things, in your PS1 variable?  If so, they 
> have
> to be isolated within \[ \] markers, so bash knows they don't cause
> the cursor to move.
>
> https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/053

You are absolutely correct!
I have this in my .bashrc:

export PS1="\e[1;32m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m"

Thanks!