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)
would someone please explain in detail, how does the code below change the color or bash prompt
$ echo $PS1
:\033
are there other tricks like above? (3 Replies)
please advise what's wrong with this command ?
PS1="`hostname`:`who am i | cut -d " " -f1`:>>"
trying to make the PS1 prompt look like :
machine_name:username:>>
thank you (4 Replies)
Hi,
I'm using the ksh shell and I'd like to set my PS1 prompt on an AIX system to include, amongst ther things, the current time.
This was my best effort: export PS1=$(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)
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)
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="$'\E
But I switch over to B, it all goes to hell (private info... (4 Replies)
I am trying to create my custom prompt and I have almost succeeded. Right now I have PS1='\n\\$\ '
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)
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)
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)
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View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c, --code=CODE
view CODE, syntax highlighted
-l, --lines
display line numbers
-L, --no-lines
supress display of line numbers (default)
-m, --module=FILE
consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name
-n, --name
display the name of each file (default)
-N, --no-name
supress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)
-p, --pod
display inline POD documentation (default)
-P, --no-pod
hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)
-r, --reset
reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)
-R, --no-reset
supress resetting of formatting and line numbers
-s, --shift=WIDTH
set tab width (default is 4)
-t, --tabs
translate tabs into spaces (default)
-T, --no-tabs
supress translating of tabs into spaces
--help display this help and exit
Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl `use' or `require' statement. `Getopt::Long', for example.
Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.
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