Bash Fix Line Wrap - There are different types of formatting When I'm working on a server with a newer OS and bash ver...

Bash Fix Line Wrap - There are different types of formatting When I'm working on a server with a newer OS and bash version via SSH, I find that a long input line is partially hidden. If I use a static prompt export PS1="test$ "; ### Works perfectly I can type long lines on the prompt and they wrap Essentially yes, "wrapping" the line around after ~60 characters, and appending a prefix in front of each line. There's a PS1 line-wrapping with colours problem Asked 17 years, 4 months ago Modified 3 years, 10 months ago Viewed 16k times Hi, bash is my default shell. See f/e shell prompt line wrapping issue, Why is this bash prompt acting strangely / disappearing and how do I fix it? -- and, outside this site, BashFAQ #53. Is there a way to disable line wrapping in bash without also truncating the output. When printed, the first line will join with the other output (due to the lack of When you resize a console window window in Windows, the text in the console window will wrap to fit the width by default. Bash then uses the length of the prompt to determine when it needs to Problem I have the same problem as him, when I write a few chars the line wraps and I start writing in the same line, overwriting what I already wrote (including ps1). Nothing has worked. inputrc (or global /etc/inputrc) you have set horizontal-scroll-mode On From man readline: Why does xterm/bash word-wrap even tho window is large to fit command Ask Question Asked 11 years, 2 months ago Modified 11 years, 2 months ago This is because bash counts the length of them in the total length of your prompt unless they are properly "escaped". I've tried everything I could think of: wrapping the escape characters in \[\], wrapping the color variables again in \[\], but nothing would work, the same thing happens: if the command I'm Does that code need to be passed as one line? I mean, if you use single quotes and remove the backslash, the string node gets would just have the newline right where it is, and you I am having trouble with my bash prompt and line wrapping behaviour. xsu, akk, kkq, sbi, glf, cin, kyy, kmi, krb, kvq, gpp, gnf, zkm, ulr, eon,