When I type a really long command in my PuTTY session, when I'm connected to one system as I type, the command wraps to the next line, like so:
[mrsnrub@my-test-site ~]$ echo "We the People
... as I keep typing more and more letters the command will scroll to the right, and a "<" sign will appear as the first character, like so:
Code:
<st-site ~]$ echo "We the People of the United States"
However, if I connect to another site, the text will wrap to the next line instead of scrolling to the right, like so:
Code:
[mrsnrub@my-other-site ~]$ echo "We the People of the United States in order to f
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Why is it different for each system? I would prefer they all scroll to the right instead of wrapping to another line.