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On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:30:19AM +0200, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:15:13 +0200 |
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> Charles Trois <charles.trois@×××××××.fr> wrote: |
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> |
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> > I am getting confused with profile, bashrc, etc. |
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> > The prompt string I want to use is |
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> > |
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> > PS1="[\u@\h \W]\$ " |
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> > |
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> > [...] |
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> > I thought that /etc/profile should provide the default, but I was |
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> > obviously wrong. Trying to mend things, I created two files |
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> > /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc, writing just PS1 in each. Now, |
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> > logging in as root, the result is |
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> > |
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> > [root@sirrah root]$ |
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> > |
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> > which is wrong, since "$" appears in place of "#", as though my syntax |
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> > of PS1 were incorrect, but I don't see that it is. |
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> |
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> That's probably due to multi level backslash escaping. Because you |
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> surrounded the prompt string with "", the backslash isn't surviving the |
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> first parser run by bash. You'd need to double it or even triple it |
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> (because the "$" may need escaping on the first level, too). |
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Use single quotes if you want to use \$ |
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$ is a reserved character in bash. So when using double quotes, you |
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need to type \\$ |
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sep wwong # export PS1="[test]\$ " |
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[test]$ export PS1="[test]\\$ " |
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[test]# export PS1='[test]\\$ ' |
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[test]$ export PS1='[test]\$ ' |
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[test]# |
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W |
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"Dude, this is making the same approximation twice in a row. It's like a |
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whack-a-mole game." |
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~DeathMech, Some Student. P-town PHY 205 |
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