Thanks a lot for the help, the only diff is a histfilesize in .bash_profile, and echo -n worked fine for me :(. Also, nothing suspicious in rpm -qa --last, I will look for that thread though, thanks.
~ Daniel -----Original Message----- From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Weird term/shell/vi behavior? a nuisance On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Daniel Jarboe wrote: > For the past few weeks I've had the following occur... > > When editing documents in vi, after a :wq I won't get the shell prompt > on a new line anymore. I'll see something like: > > [dan@tcsl dan]$ 50629C written > Which is the shell prompt over the text: "test.txt" 637L, 50629C written > > This is on a RH 7.2 system, and it's not specific to my user/profile. > I'm pretty sure it didn't use to be like this, any ideas what would > cause this kind of behavior, so I can be more specific in my searching? > I'm ssh'ing in with PuTTY. clear and reset don't help. When I ran > 'screen', it worked properly, but after exiting the original problem > continued. I don't think I ever changed the prompt or anything. I'm at > a loss. How very interesting. There's recently been some heated discussion on the Psyche (RHL 8.0) list about something related to this: [summer@orange summer]$ echo -n test my line-feed, it seems shot to bits [summer@orange summer]$ ems shot to bits In contrast, RHL 7.3: [summer@dugite summer]$ echo -n test my line-feed, it seems shot to bits test my line-feed, it seems shot to bits[summer@dugite summer]$ I don't know that it's resolved, I quit following it. It originally arose as a Perl problem, and AFAIK it's not been pointed out that the echo command can cause the problem. There may be a Bugzilla report on it. I suggest you try combinations of rpm -V to test for altered packages, rpm -qa --last to see what's been installed recently, and compare your .bashrc and .bash_profile with those in /etc/skel to see if you can find what's changed. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you.
