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Re: Prompt in Bash



Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net> writes:

> Since you're providing enlightenment ...

Don't know if I'd go that far :>

> This string works find in a "straight" .bashrc. However, when I use it 
> in your file, it works fine on a login shell. When I start a subshell, 
> though, I get

I'd have to see the file to be sure, but my guess is that it's not the
prompt string, but rather a problem with test (i.e. the "[" command).
Email me your .bashrc, and send me the result of "ls -l .bash*".

-- 
Rob


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