When the prompt line has more characters than the terminal has columns, the cursor gets displayed overwriting the previous line. When my terminal is wide enough, here's what it might look like if I hit enter three times:
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Cursor is at end of the last line and the rest of the line is empty.
However when my terminal is not wide enough:
http://graph.facebook.com/v2.2?id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviepilot.com%2Fposts%2F2587263&263&scrape=true> book.com/v2.2?id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviepilot.com%2Fposts%2F25872
263&scrape=true> book.com/v2.2?id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviepilot.com%2Fposts%2F25872
263&scrape=true> book.com/v2.2?id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviepilot.com%2Fposts%2F25872
263&scrape=true> _book.com/v2.2?id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviepilot.com%2Fposts%2F25872
Cursor is below the first letter b of the last line and the rest of the line is munged content from the line above.
When the prompt line has more characters than the terminal has columns, the cursor gets displayed overwriting the previous line. When my terminal is wide enough, here's what it might look like if I hit enter three times:
Cursor is at end of the last line and the rest of the line is empty.
However when my terminal is not wide enough:
Cursor is below the first letter
bof the last line and the rest of the line is munged content from the line above.