bashrc PS1 : user prompt won't clear entire text user prompt: user - / : up/down keys to locate historical commands. user - / : historical command clear the "historical command" : user - / :hist No 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 "enter" user - / :hist user - / : 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"

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[0m"


Or, to keep things consistent:


PS1="\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \[\033[0m"