Re: bash prompt

[wpmills@Mills-USA.com (W. Paul Mills)]

>From man bash:

              \[     begin a sequence of non-printing characters,
                     which could be used to embed a terminal con­
                     trol sequence into the prompt
              \]     end a sequence of non-printing characters


So, try this:
              \[\e]0;\h\007\]\u@\h:\w\$




Timothy.Keitt@StonyBrook.Edu (Timothy H. Keitt) writes:

> Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name 
> in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to 
> wrap incorrectly.  Instead of moving down a line, the wrap over-writes 
> the existing line of text.  Anyone have a solution? Here's the prompt 
> string:
> 
> 	\e]0;\h\007\u@\h:\w\$
> 
> T.
> 
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