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| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/lineedit.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c index 18cf7cc99..529344f6c 100644 --- a/libbb/lineedit.c +++ b/libbb/lineedit.c @@ -246,7 +246,15 @@ static void input_backward(unsigned num) if (cmdedit_x >= num) { cmdedit_x -= num; if (num <= 4) { - printf("\b\b\b\b" + (4-num)); + /* This is longer by 5 bytes on x86. + * Also gets mysteriously + * miscompiled for some ARM users. + * printf(("\b\b\b\b" + 4) - num); + * return; + */ + do { + bb_putchar('\b'); + } while (--num); return; } printf("\033[%uD", num); |