Colored Bash prompt (PS1) glitch/mess/bug

by sskras 3 years ago

GNU/Linux ◆ xterm ◆ bash 326 views

The recalled commands were being shifted left by 1 char in the past.

Or even editing that command was misleading so I was hitting the wrong chars using DEL or BKSP.

Here is my demo of the first issue (and some other, related to Bash reverse-i-search).

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