[solved] flaw in PS1?

demian · 2010-02-28 14:52:58

Hey,
my PS1 for root isn't working like i want it to.
It breaks lines and places previous commands in front of new ones, if i skim through the history with down or up arrows.
Any idea what's wrong with my .bashrc?

# Check for an interactive session
# .bashrc root
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

alias ls='ls --color=auto'
LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:rs=0:di=04:ex=00:';
export LS_COLORS
PS1='\t \W \e[31m# \e[0m'
PS2='\\ '

An example picture:

Thanks.

Last edited by demian (2010-02-28 16:53:19)

quarkup · 2010-02-28 15:41:42

its not a flaw.

actually you need to tell that the color commands occupy no space - do it by using the escape character \e

check how to here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt

for example, my $PS1 is the following:
\[\e[1;32m\]\A \[\e[0;01m\] \u\[\e[1;31m\]@\[\e[0;01m\]\h \[\e[1;31m\]\W\[\e[1;36m\] $\[\e[0;00m\]

edit:

just for you to notice: use the \[\e <color_here> \]

Last edited by quarkup (2010-02-28 15:54:07)

anonymous_user · 2010-02-28 16:05:09

I have a similar problem even with a non-color PS1:

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-02-28 16:06:06)

falconindy · 2010-02-28 16:21:38

anonymous_user wrote:

I have a similar problem even with a non-color PS1:

That's not a problem with your prompt. There's no newline character on the end of that output so your prompt is appended directly to the end of STDOUT. "Working as intended."

anonymous_user · 2010-02-28 16:33:18

Ok thank you.

demian · 2010-02-28 16:52:45

Thanks, quarkup. It's working now.

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#1 2010-02-28 14:52:58

[solved] flaw in PS1?

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Re: [solved] flaw in PS1?

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