On 2/19/23 9:34 AM, Mr. Dick Steel wrote:
On 19-02-2023 16:21, Martin D Kealey wrote:
at this point, what is in the file? does « wc -l .bash_history » report 13?
It reports:
13 .bash_history
If I disable PS1 coloring, everything works correctly.
You can also mark these sequences of non-printing characters in the prompt
string using the \[ and \] escape sequences, so readline knows about them.
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