first line overwritten in Bash

[Igor Pechtchanski]

The section on "Printing a prompt" in "info bash" should tell you what
your problem is...
Hint: the non-printing character sequence markers have to match.
	Igor

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Luciano wrote:

> I customized my prompt in Bash, but it is not working.
>
> PS1='\033[38;1m\][\!]\W> \033[0m\]'
>
> When I type and reach the end of the first line, it continues on the
> same line, overwriting what is already there. The subsequent lines
> are typed correctly. It only happens with rxvt. In pure DOS console,
> though, my prompt has smiling face symbols on either side. What have
> I done wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luciano ES
> Santos, SP - Brasil

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