Why does Bash shell shows overlapping text on same line for long texts ?

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Issue

  • On Bash shell, long text, overlaps on same line
 PRODUCTION> root@rhel-7.2: /root  > pwd
/root
rrrrrrrrrON> root@rhel-7.2: /root  > rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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