Re: xterm escape sequence problem

[Chet Ramey]

> I have the following in my .bashrc:
> 
>  PS1="[\u@\h \w] "
> if [ $TERM = xterm ] 
> then
> # see http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Xterm-Title.html
> export PS1="\033]2;\u@\h:\w\007[\u@\h \w] "
> fi
> 
> This displays the prompt as I expect it, but sometimes the prompt gets 
> mangled, for example when using the up arrow to browse through the 
> history or using backspace to edit the command I just typed.

Read the Bash FAQ, question E3.

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