Re: bash prompt

["Timothy H. Keitt" <tklistaddr@keittlab.bio.sunysb.edu>]

Lovely. Thanks.

T.

W. Paul Mills wrote:

> > From man bash:
>
>              \[     begin a sequence of non-printing characters,
>                     which could be used to embed a terminal con­
>                     trol sequence into the prompt
>              \]     end a sequence of non-printing characters
>
>
> So, try this:
>              \[\e]0;\h\007\]\u@\h:\w\$
>
>
>
>
> Timothy.Keitt@StonyBrook.Edu (Timothy H. Keitt) writes:
>
> > Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name 
> > in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to 
> > wrap incorrectly.  Instead of moving down a line, the wrap over-writes 
> > the existing line of text.  Anyone have a solution? Here's the prompt 
> > string:
> >
> > 	\e]0;\h\007\u@\h:\w\$
> >
> > T.
> >
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> > State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Timothy H. Keitt
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA
Phone: 631-632-1101, FAX: 631-632-7626
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/keitt/