Strange behavior with PS1 prompt
Donald Russell
russell.don at gmail.com
Sat Oct 17 18:21:03 UTC 2009
Fedora 11...
I set my PS1 prompt in ~/.bashrc
[don at natasha] /home/don
$echo $PS1
\n\033[0;35m[\u@\h] ${PWD}\n$\033[0m
Then I enter an incorrect command....
[don at natasha] /home/don
$goof afile
-bash: goof: command not found
Then I press the up arrow (twice) for command recall... but notice how
the incorrect command name now appears as part of the prompt.
I can type a new command (echo) which works, even though it looks like
goofecho was entered.
Then the prommpt returns to "normal" again.
[don at natasha] /home/don
$goofecho $PS1
\n\033[0;35m[\u@\h] ${PWD}\n$\033[0m
[don at natasha] /home/don
$
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks,
Don Russell
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