I have next line in .bashrc
:
PS1="\e[0;32m[ \w ]\n#\e[m "
to set very simple welcome line of green color. On Ubuntu using arrow up/down to load previous commands puts extra symbols to the command line:
[ /tmp ]
# echo "hello there"
hello there
[ /tmp ]
# echecho "hello there"
Notice ech
symbols in front of last command. These symbols can't be edited -- cursor doesn't go there.
What I did wrong?
You need to escape the characters that are not displayed. Change the line in
.bashrc
to the following:Run
source ~/.bashrc
to apply the changes.