Re: [Help-bash] Unicode characters in PS1 : line wrapping

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/13/15 9:03 AM, Florent B wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a problem customizing my PS1 variable on Debian 7 Wheezy (bash
> 4.2.37(1)-release).
> 
> If I set my PS1 to this :
> 
> PS1="\[\033[01;37m\]\$? \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo
> \"\[\033[01;32m\]\342\234\223\"; else echo
> \"\[\033[01;31m\]\342\234\227\"; fi) $(if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then echo
> '\[\033[01;31m\]\h'; else echo '\[\033[01;address@hidden';
> fi)\[\033[01;34m\] \w \$\[\033[00m\] "
> 
> I have line wrapping problems for large commands that overwrite the
> first line.

I can't reproduce this on bash-4.3.

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