The $PS1 is used to display the user and host information
For example: thillaiselvan@webserver
\u - Username
\h - Hostname
\w - Full pathname of current directory.
$PS2 this is used to continuation of command.
Assume that you are typing a very lengthy commands that may be a sequence of some pipes.
So at this time we can broken this into multiple lines using \ character.
The default is '>'
If the command is not ended properly this will appear.
$PS3 this is the prompt for select inside a script
Example: if you are not setting this variable then your select script will appear like this
The output will look like this
1) mon
2) tue
3) wed
4) exit
#? 1
Monday
#? 4
[Note: This displays the default "#?" for select command prompt]
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If you are using the $PS3 then at this time this will be like this
At this time the output will be like this
PS4 - Used by set -x to prefix tracing output
defines the prompt that gets displayed, when you execute a shell script in debug mode as shown below.
Shell script and output WITHOUT PS4:
Output is as follows
If we are using the PS4:
Output of this script is as follows
Last edited by thillai_selvan; 03-08-2010 at 08:00 AM..
I Need help !
We changed a WS HP 715/33 the new is a HP 715/100 ! The old one supports a HIL keyboard and mouse. The "new" one PS2 keyboard.
We changed only the hardware not the harddisk - now the Xserver didnīt start !
What have we to configure thatt the WS supports the PS2 keyboard under... (0 Replies)
Hi,
how can unset PS="+".
i tryed like this:
$ unset PS4;
but it's not unseting permanently.
it's showing oagain when i was login.
pls help me on this. (1 Reply)
Hello frnds...
I m asking a general question... thought I never faced and used this (PS3) variable... or may be i m not aware of this...
I know very well about the unix prompt string variables PS1,PS2,PS4.
but please tell me what is the use of PS3 and where it's used.
I didnt find... (5 Replies)
About a year and half or so ago me and a friend set up Debian on a PS3. For a while I could not boot into the ps3 but managed to get it running again. I was very excited to get back in a play on the Debian distro we installed until I found neither of us could remember the password he put on it.
... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
Before I give up on using SELECT for my first attempt at creating a menu driven script, can anyone please advise if it is possible to include a line break for PS3, I've tried putting in a \n and it does not work.
Tried for both bash and ksh and both gives the same result. Preference... (3 Replies)
Hi All
I am using the below code to chose a file to view :
PS3="Select file to view : "
select FILE in `ls` QUIT
do
if ; then
clear
cat $FILE
else
break
fi
REPLY=''
done
Everything works fine as long as I am giving the correct choice .
But when i give a... (4 Replies)
PS3="Enter corresponding number and hit enter:"
select DIR in `cat mylist` QUIT
do
if
then
echo "INVALID INPUT"
else
if ; then
my commands .....
else
break
fi
fi
REPLY=''
done
The above will return something like below :
Select from the list of... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
Is there a way to assign curent time to PS4 variable in ksh. My goal is to have each line produced by 'set -x' command to have a time stamp.
Here is my code:
$cat test
#!/usr/bin/ksh
export PS4="`date` "
set -x
echo "TRACE LINE ONE"
echo "I WILL SLEEP FOR 10 SEC"
sleep 10... (2 Replies)