On a recent linux system I've been using, the xterm window scrolls long commands horizontally on the same line (prints a "<" on col 80 and shifts all command text left). Most other systems I've used have just wrapped the command to the next line, a much preferred option for me since my prompt includes the current dir and generally leaves me little space between the cursor and column 80. I don't know what is responsible for this behavior on the terminal and no amount of google searches have turned up the answer. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

dan

Isn't that ksh? Then using bash or tcsh instead should solve the issue, if that is an option.

Yves.

Ah, so it's a shell characteristic. Thanks very much. Since changing the shell isn't really a good option for me, is there any way to change that behavior. I know you can set the COLUMNS var to something large, but that doesn't always work.

dan