Re: Feature Change Request

[Chet Ramey]

> I just upgraded from Linux-Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 (Pentium-optimised 
> distribution, which uses their own cooked gcc).
> This resulted in bash being "upgraded" from 2.0.4.12 to 2.0.4.18.
> 
> I notice a new "feature" that I really dislike (sorry): If the last line of 
> output from a program doesn't have a newline, bash overwrites it.
> 
> To illustrate my point, typing "echo -n Hello" in 2.0.4.12 gives (or 
> something similar -- I don't have bash 2.0.4.12 anymore):
> Hello[root@tux350 /root]#
> 
> In 2.0.4.18:
> [root@tux350 /root]#
> 
> This new "feature" (or bug :)) really ruins some of my programs as the last 
> line of output "disappears" just because I didn't append a newline to the 
> output (and sometimes because of the nature of the program, I don't want to 
> append a newline).
> 
> Please revert this behaviour back to that of 2.0.4.12 i.e. "Hello[root@tux350 
> /root]#" instead of "[root@tux350 /root]#".

Look at your $PS1.  It might have a leading carriage return.

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Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/