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bash history and command line wrapping
By default, we use ksh (88) as our shell. I prefer bash, so I added this line to my .profile:
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exec bash -o vi
I also added this to my .bashrc?:
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#***********************************************
#These are important tweaks specific to BASH:
#***********************************************
#this one makes sure that long commands strings line wrap to the next line
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
#instead of wrapping onto the start of the same line.
shopt -s checkwinsize
#this corrects typos when spelling out paths.
shopt -s cdspell
alias c=clear
Of course, the alias works fine, however, when I try to use the up key to pull up a previous command from the history, it doesn't work until I press the down key first. I also can't get the line wrapping to work correctly. When I start with a prompt like this:
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myBashPrompt>
I end up with this after a long command:
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andashPrompt> This is what happens when I type a really long comm
If you noticed, the wrap overwrote the prompt. How do I get this to wrap correctly onto a new line? Also, how do I get my bash history to come up without having to press down, up?
I should also mention that I am using putty to ssh into our machines.
Last edited by mrwatkin; 07-02-2009 at 01:56 PM..
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