Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 uname output: Linux computator 5.10.89-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 29 18:09:17 UTC 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.2 Patch Level: !PATCHLEVEL! Release Status: alpha Description: Note: this happens on 5.1 release version as well and probably many other previous versions If a folder that is being displayed as part of the PS1 prompt contains escape sequences, bash will interpret them literally instead of escaping them like zsh does for example. Escape sequences should be fine if directly part of the prompt string and I'm not aware of any way for this to cause issues other than messing with the prompt string in potentially unexpected ways. I would consider this a bug but it's possible there's an intended use case for it. Repeat-By: This is a silly little use case which gives the illusion of a root shell, with the colours changed and the end of the original prompt hidden. [computator ~]$ echo -e "\"\r\x1b[1;31m[computator \x1b[1;36mjoshh\x1b[1;31m]#\x1b[0;37m\x1b[8m\"" | xargs mkdir [computator ~]$ cd ^M^[\[1\;31m\[computator\ ^[\[1\;36mjoshh^[\[1\;31m\]#^[\[0\;37m^[\[8m/ [computator joshh]# Fix: Haven't looked deeply into the bash internals but sanitizing the directory name (along with other user-controlled substitutions in the prompt) should work.
