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Re: PS0 issue with escape sequence
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: PS0 issue with escape sequence |
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Sat, 17 Sep 2016 13:12:24 -0400 |
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On 9/16/16 9:25 PM, Ben wrote:
> Hello,
>
> using bash-4.4, setting PS0 to '\[\033[1;36m\]started at
> \t\[\033[0m\]\n' makes it output PS0 with a non-printable \x01\x02
> prefix and suffix.
Yes, those are the expansions of the \[ and \] escape sequences. Since
$PS0 is not being passed to readline for display, you probably don't need
to include those escape sequences at all.
Chet
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