Re: terminal command line weirdness

From: [=Jorge (red_aux01_at_uft.edu.ve)
Date: 05/25/04

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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:41:37 -0400

    try this in profile, dont ask me what it means or does..

    shopt -s checkwinsize

    cd /fixforbug29665 >/dev/null

    El lun, 24-05-2004 a las 18:58, Bill Gradwohl escribió:
    > Using a terminal window, quite often I execute very long command line
    > statements that don't use all the space on the right of the command line
    > before they wrap on to the beginning of the same line and obscure the start
    > of that line. It overwrites the PS1 prompt string and then overwrites the
    > start of the command I'm working on.
    >
    > Anyone that's keyed in a long command line knows what I'm talking about. If
    > you haven't, open a terminal window and just key in 2 commands:
    > echo hello
    > echo 'Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere
    > that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.'
    > The long one will demonstrate my point.
    >
    > If I up arrow to retrieve the short echo command it starts working its way
    > back up the terminal window. Attempting to alter a long command retrieved
    > from history sometimes builds a pyramid of rubbish that also walks up the
    > terminal window.
    >
    > This has happened since RH7.1 that I'm aware of.
    >
    > Anyone know how to fix this?
    >
    > --
    > Bill Gradwohl
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