Probably an issue with your prompt variables.
Just do:
export PS1="$ "
and see if it solves the problem. You may also have a PROMPT_COMMAND
variable set - If so, unset it and see if that fixes it.
On 5/1/13 7:23 PM, Andrew Hume wrote:
i am embarrassed to ask this, but i can't figure out what is going on.
the problem is i am using bash as my login shell
(of course, this is my problem, pure and simple, but i am trying to be
modern and submit my fate to the feckless taste of GNU software)
and i am afflicted with a weird double echo of input.
my TERM=dumb.
here is some sample input/output:
zeno-23_andrew=; date
date
Wed May 1 19:06:48 EDT 2013
but when i run script, there is no double echo:
zeno-23_andrew=; script poot
script poot
Script started, file is poot
zeno-23_andrew=; date
Wed May 1 19:06:59 EDT 2013
zeno-23_andrew=; exit
Script done, file is poot
sweet! and poot has the expected contents:
Script started on Wed May 1 19:06:55 2013
zeno-23_andrew=; date
Wed May 1 19:06:59 EDT 2013
zeno-23_andrew=; exit
Script done on Wed May 1 19:07:02 2013
of course straight after the script command, the double echo resumes:
zeno-23_andrew=; exit
Script done, file is poot
zeno-23_andrew=; date
date
Wed May 1 19:07:05 EDT 2013
zeno-23_andrew=;
does anyone know what the frick is going on?
it seems unaffected by set +o vi or set +o emacs.
i normally use ksh, which although it has its own voibles, at least
affords me the opportunity to harrangue korn if it misbehaves
and whack him if its his fault. but i digress.
hopefully, someone has seen this before and knows how to fix this.
(and yes, i've read the wretched turgid bloated man page to no avail.)
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