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From: Thomas Achtemichuktomchuk.com> Subject: Re: anoying terminal Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:49:19 +0000 On 12/04/03 11:05:43, Helder Rossa wrote: > my terminal in gnome when I'm writing a command bigger than the console > size it wraps the text to the same line that i was witting on :-S . By default bash doesn't check it's window size after every command. The good thing is that you can make it. Add "shopt -s checkwinsize" to your ~/.bashrc or /etc/profile. Works like a charm. To reproduce the "error": man bash resize the window quit, and type a long string at the prompt. It will wrap at the window's original width and wrap onto the same line. echo "shopt -s checkwinsize" >> ~/.bashrc (or /etc/profile) source ~/.bashrc try again It works correctly! In my opinion this is something (along with a decent PS1) that should be added to the default /etc/profile or /etc/skel/.bashrc and the user should never have to set by themselves. -- Thanks, Thomas Achtemichuk