On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:58:02PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: > So how can my showsize function be mangling the input in a way that > prevents proper execution, but isn't recorded by bash?
What makes you believe it's this function that's causing your problem, and not something else, such as a PROMPT_COMMAND variable? Or some command which is altering the terminal in some bizarre way?
