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Re: ANSI Color Escapes in $PS1.. heh.



*-"Ryan King" <rking@duke-energy.com>
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| Just how stupid an idea did I have when I did this:
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| $PS1="[\e[31m\h\e[m:\e[34m\u\e[m:\e[31m\w\$\e[m]"
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| in my /etc/profile?

Chuck explained what was going on. Your prompt could be:

PS1="[\[\e[31m\]\h\[\e[m\]:\[\e[34m\]\u\[\e[m\]:\[\e[31m\]\w\[\$\e[m\]]"

(with possibility of errors)

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