On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 03:46:23PM +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> On 07/09/23 15:00, alex xmb ratchev wrote:
> > u have to \[ esc-seq \]
> > eg inside \[ and \]
> >
> > PS1=$'\u\[\e[1m\]\h\[\e[0m- '
> >
> > should display hostname bold
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but adding \] does not really fix the problem, it
> just masks it in many cases (better than nothing).
The \[ \] wrappings are required. They're not "masking" the problem.
Your prompt is literally set incorrectly without them.
>From the man page:
PROMPTING
[...]
\[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could
be used to embed a terminal control sequence into the
prompt
\] end a sequence of non-printing characters
See also <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/053> for more details.
