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 > YCC > (817) 224-9400 x211 > www.ycc.com > SPAMstomper Protected E-mail > www.stomperware.com
