On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:02:49AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/25/19 10:05 AM, Алексей Шилин wrote: > > I'm using the following PS1 prompt (Debian's default for normal users): > > > > \[\e]0;\u@\h: > > \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\ > > ]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ > > > > ...where the first block '\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]' is for setting xterm's > > title, and the rest is Debian's "fancy" shell prompt. > > Is there a literal newline in the prompt string? And is it in the middle > of the non-printing character block?
No, at least not in Debian's configuration files. It's most likely an artifact of their mail user agent. Debian's /etc/skel/.bashrc contains these lines: if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' else PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ' fi The leading \[\e]0... part appears to be a local addition.