How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line?

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How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - jacatone - 08-30-2015

I'm using color in my bash shell but can't get the text to drop to the next line below. Could someone tell me what's wrong here?

export PS1="\[\e[1;31m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m "

Re: How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - anon222 - 08-30-2015

(08-30-2015, 08:13 AM)jacatone link Wrote: I'm using color in my bash shell but can't get the text to drop to the next line below. Could someone tell me what's wrong here?

export PS1="\[\e[1;31m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m "

If you want to move the prompt sse the \n switch at the end

Code:
export PS1="\e[1;31m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m \n"

Re: How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - jacatone - 08-31-2015

Actually, I meant after the $ sign then drop down below to the next line like it would if I didn't add any color.

jacatone@Dell-4550:~$ 64dfg646df4g654fg654d6fg64fd64g6fd4g64fd64g6df4g6fd
5g64fd64g665df4g646sd465464ds646d5f4

Re: How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - anon222 - 08-31-2015

Oh, sorry mate. I was too tired last night. Smile

Let's see...
The colors aren't properly escaped.
Variable expansion and the \[ \] escapes around them make them not count as character positions and the cursor position is not wrong.
This is the proper way to do it:
\[\e[1;31m\]foo
or
\[\e[1;31m\]\[$variable\]

If you want to set it up like this
jacatone@Dell-4550:~$ command...

Code:
export PS1="\[\e[1;31m\]\[\u@\h:\w\$\] \[\e[0m\] "

You could also set it in two colors
jacatone@Dell-4550: ~$

Code:
export PS1="\[\e[1;31m\]\[\u@\h\] \[\e[0;32m\]\[\W\$\] \[\e[0m\] "

From your first example I thought you were going to use the [ ] brackets:
[jacatone@Dell-4550~]$

Code:
export PS1="\[\e[1;31m\][\u@\h\w]\$ \[\e[0m\] "

Re: How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - jacatone - 08-31-2015

Ah, it's getting there. It now types over anything added to the second drop down line rather than just continuing on.

jacatone@Dell-4550 ~$ 54df5dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
222222dddddddddddddd

should be,

jacatone@Dell-4550 ~$ 54df5dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
dddddddddddddd222222

Re: How do I get long command lines to wrap to the next line? - shengchieh - 09-05-2015

For references go to

http://shengchieh.50webs.com/tuxslinks.html#Console%20Commands

Look at scripts???

Sheng-Chieh