Sponsored Content
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers PS1 (Prompt character) appearing in cat output Post 302821119 by omega3 on Friday 14th of June 2013 05:17:27 AM
Old 06-14-2013
Cool. I opened the file in vi and saved it. The character has disappeared.
THANK YOU hergp for 'eliminating this problem'.
Does this imply that VI has inserted a newline character at the end ? What could have caused the original issue ? The original file was created by Oracle's Clusterware.

I have kept a backup of the original file for future analysis.
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

PS1 with date stamp included in prompt

How would I put the date within my PS1 command for my shell prompt? I have it set to: PS1='$>' I tried PS1='$>' but that didn't work. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: kymberm
7 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

echoed prompt not appearing until after read command.

I have a script I am runing on a hacked CDLinux live CD called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. The part of th script in question goes like this. When run from rc.local the prompt "Centre name :" and the colour change does not appear until after I type the input text and press return. Also, I... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: simonb
2 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

colors in Prompt - $PS1

would someone please explain in detail, how does the code below change the color or bash prompt $ echo $PS1 :\033 are there other tricks like above? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rakeshou
3 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

PS1 prompt

please advise what's wrong with this command ? PS1="`hostname`:`who am i | cut -d " " -f1`:>>" trying to make the PS1 prompt look like : machine_name:username:>> thank you (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: venhart
4 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help setting PS1 prompt to include current time

Hi, I'm using the ksh shell and I'd like to set my PS1 prompt on an AIX system to include, amongst ther things, the current time. This was my best effort: export PS1=$(date -u +%R)'${ME}:${PWD}# ' but this only sets the time to the value when PS1 is defined and the time value doesn't... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: m223464
4 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to get a Prompt (PS1) Timestamp under /sbin/sh?

Hi, I'm trying to find out if there is a way to get a timestamp on my Solaris root shell prompt using /sbin/sh? I'm trying to archive something in line with the following: 12:34:26 root@server # 12:34:28 root@server # 12:34:28 root@server # ls ... 12:34:30 root@server # I know there... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Solarius
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Ksh93 vs. Pdksh88: Custom PS1 prompt not working

Greetings! I have to work with a NFS user id between two hosts: A running Ksh 93 and B running pdksh 88. My problem has to do with the custom prompt I created on A: it works like a charm and display colors: PS1="$'\E But I switch over to B, it all goes to hell (private info... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: alan
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Change / Setup bash custom prompt (PS1)

I am trying to create my custom prompt and I have almost succeeded. Right now I have PS1='\n\\$\ ' What I have not figured out is how to make the directories bold when I'm using commands ls or ls -la. Any idea how to do it??? Many thanx. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: emailkia
2 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Why is my PS1 breaking my prompt?

So, this is strange... I created this prompt: PS1='\n\e You can see that it's a pretty minor modification of the default Debian prompt. And, if it matters, I'm using Putty to SSH to my server. The following strange symptoms appear when I use that prompt, and disappear when I change and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: treesloth
2 Replies

10. Solaris

Help changing the PS1 prompt in Solaris

Hi, I need help changing PS1 in Solaris. I tried this: MYPROMPT="> " PS1=$LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME:${PWD}$MYPROMPT (NOT SURE WHY IT'S HIGHLIGHTED HERE) export PS1 My problem is that $PWD is not working, when I get the prompt and I change directories, the prompt is not displaying the current... (17 Replies)
Discussion started by: curiousmal
17 Replies
curs_insstr(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions					      curs_insstr(3CURSES)

NAME
curs_insstr, insstr, insnstr, winsstr, winsnstr, mvinsstr, mvinsnstr, mvwinsstr, mvwinsnstr - insert string before character under the cur- sor in a curses window SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ] #include <curses.h> int insstr(char *str); int insnstr(char *str, int n); int winsstr(WINDOW *win, char *str); int winsnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n); int mvinsstr(int y, int x, char *str); int mvinsnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n); int mvwinsstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str); int mvwinsnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str, int n); DESCRIPTION
With these routines, a character string (as many characters as will fit on the line) is inserted before the character under the cursor. All characters to the right of the cursor are moved to the right, with the possibility of the rightmost characters on the line being lost. The cursor position does not change (after moving to y, x, if specified). (This does not imply use of the hardware insert character feature.) The four routines with n as the last argument insert at most n characters. If n<=0, then the entire string is inserted. If a character in str is a tab, newline, carriage return or backspace, the cursor is moved appropriately within the window. A newline also does a clrtoeol() before moving. Tabs are considered to be at every eighth column. If a character in str is another control character, it is drawn in the ^X notation. Calling winch() after adding a control character (and moving to it, if necessary) does not return the control character, but instead returns the representation of the control character. RETURN VALUES
All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an integer value other than ERR upon successful completion. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
curs_clear(3CURSES), curs_inch(3CURSES), curses(3CURSES), attributes(5) NOTES
The header <curses.h> automatically includes the headers <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>. Note that all but winsnstr() may be macros. SunOS 5.11 31 Dec 1996 curs_insstr(3CURSES)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:49 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy