Re: LUG: [SOLVED] Help me spot the problem with PS1 definition - Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:57:29 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: [SOLVED] Help me spot the problem with PS1 definition

From : Kevin Hunter <hunteke@earlham.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:57:29 -0400

At 4:13pm -0400 Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Alex wrote:
> Daniel... for reference... my PS1 line in .bashrc looks like this:
>
> export PS1="\n\[\e[1;32m\]\H \[\e[37m\]| \[\e[31m\]\w \[\e[37m\]|
> \[\e[1;35m\]\t \[\e[4;35m\]\d\n\[\e[0;32m\]\u\[\e[1;37m\] ( \[\e[1;36m\]\! :
> \#\[\e[1;37m\] ) \$ \[\e[0;39m\]"

Heh. I take you never have to work with a light background? That's one
reason I opted to use PROMPT_COMMAND, so that I can dynamically change
my prompt. LIGHTBG=t, and I get a new color palette.

Also, why do you export your PS1? Do subprocesses need to know what
your prompt looks like?

Kevin

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