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Reverse history search in bash followed by arrow keys causes cursor to display at the wrong location

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Mar 15, 20262525 views
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Problem

I've noticed that many times when I'm reverse-history-searching from the command line via CTRL+r, if I want to edit the command, sometimes the cursor jumps to the wrong position when I press an arrow key or enter CTRL+a or CTRL+e. The specific position it jumps to seems to be an offset equal to the…

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Fix for: Reverse history search in bash followed by arrow keys causes cursor to display at the wrong location

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Maybe you have non-printing escape sequences in PS1 not enclosed in \[ and \]. Be sure that you enclosed all of them like this:

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