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From: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: bash prompt question
Date: 6 Jul 2025 23:58:08 GMT
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On 2024-09-19, François Patte wrote:
> Bonjour,
>
> Wanting to personalize my bash prompt I wrote in my .bashrc file (with 
> the help of "Learning the BASH shell"):
>
>   export PS1='\[\e[1;35m\]\u@\h -\d- ${text} \W\[\e[m]\]\$ '
>

The \[\e[m]\] section seems wrong to me.

I think this is supposed to be an sgr reset which is \e[0m (although I
think omitting the 0 is usually okay), but then you include a literal ],
is that intentional?

The \[...\] is supposed to indicate unprintable characters, so the shell
knows where the cursor is.

Soo...if you did want the ], then I think it should be this:

\[\e[m\]]

Tavis.

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