In shells like the interactive python shell, you can usually use the arrow keys to move around in the current line or get previous commands (with arrow-up) etc.
But after I ssh into another machine and start python there, I get sessions like:
>>> import os
>>> ^[[A
where the last character comes from arrow-up. Or, using arrow-left:
>>> impor^[[D
How can I fix this?
In the regular bash, arrow keys work fine. The weird behavior is just in the interactive python (or perl etc.) shell.