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Shell prompt (was ... Re: multiarch - please do not force users to change a running system!)



Asking on list, as others may be interested also.

On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 03:52:51PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> 
> martin@merkaba:~> dpkg -l | grep ia32-libs
> martin@merkaba:~#1> 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> martin@merkaba:~#130> dpkg -l | grep i386 | cut -c1-72 |  grep -v lib
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I am wondering what is the significance of the "#1>" and the "#130>" in
your shell prompt, is that a function of the shell you are using or is
it a custom prompt?

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