user prompt:user - / :up/down keys to locate historical commands. user - / : historical commandclear the historical command :user - / :histNo matter how many times I hit BackSpace.. unable to delete hist part.technically it is not even there. but on the screen it simply wont clear out until I hit enteruser - / :histuser - / :what causes it ? The problem is probably due to the colors I used here. but how can It be corrected ?PS1=\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \e[m
bashrc PS1 : user prompt won't clear entire text
bash;prompt;escape characters
Your final ANSII escape sequence isn't finished. The reset code (\e[0m), like the others, needs a [. Change your PS1 to:PS1=\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \[\e[0mOr, to keep things consistent:PS1=\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \[\033[0m