From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Apr 26 11:59:59 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97E82FAB39C for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:59:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) Received: from mail.covisp.net (www.covisp.net [65.121.55.45]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 441EA73842 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) From: "@lbutlr" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: bash history buffer output mangled after repeated up-arrow Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:59:51 -0600 References: <20180425142605.GA39933@desktop.local> To: Phuket Collection | Property Newsletter via freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: <20180425142605.GA39933@desktop.local> Message-Id: <72A1F6F3-A842-4B16-A2A4-B2FBE2EA2CE9@kreme.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:59:59 -0000 On 2018-04-25 (08:26 MDT), tech-lists@zyxst.net wrote: >=20 > backspacing to (in this case) [john@desktop ~]$ ls -lah .g (which is = as > far as one can backspace on that line) and hitting return, restored = the normal prompt position. Repeatedly hitting up-arrow mangles bash > history. Are you using social characters, color codes, or other stuff in your = prompt? What's the definition of your PS1 look like? --=20 "If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed."