How to disable bash command horizontal scrolling to get new line instead

Asked Jun 21 '22 at 16:04

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When I type a long command in a terminal from a SSH session, the content of the command line is scrolling to the left.

$ echo this is a really long command line that goes on and on and on and on

Might be displayed as:

$ y long command line that goes on and on and on and on <

I want the command line to go to a new line instead. I tried to reset the behavior using $HOME/.inputrc but without success.

set horizontal-scroll-mode Off

asked Jun 21 '22 at 16:04

sestegra

did you make this change on your local computer or the machine you're ssh-ing into? – Esther Jun 21 '22 at 18:45
I did it on the remote machine. On my local machine (macOS), the bash command line adds a new line at the time the line comes to the end of the screen. – sestegra Jun 22 '22 at 07:47
what is the value of $TERM on the remote machine? – Esther Jun 22 '22 at 13:20
xterm-256color – sestegra Jun 22 '22 at 20:35
I found that the bash version that I'm using is installed by Homebrew. The issue appears only with this version (5.1.16(1)-release). – sestegra Jun 23 '22 at 10:43

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