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Re: Including \t, \T or \A at beginning of PS1 causes line wrap issues
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Including \t, \T or \A at beginning of PS1 causes line wrap issues |
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Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:05:01 -0500 |
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On 1/15/14 12:14 AM, drankin@suddenlinkmail.com wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 45
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Including the current time in the prompt causes line wrap issues on the
> command line. This is apparently a regression because for at least 4 out of 5
> of the past years this problem was not present. Specifically if long command
> lines wrap, then it is impossible to edit the command line by using up-arrow
> to put the old command on the command line due to this wrap issue. Here is an
> example:
I can't reproduce this using the exact same command and PS1 values as in
this report. I tested on Mac OS X and RHEL 5.
Chet
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