just a wild guess from looking at what you have listed, it
appears that the part
\w>$[\0[0m\]"
may have mismatched or misaligned "\" since they don't follow the
exact same escape sequences as what comes before.
man bash should cover this pretty good, if i remember correctly.
hth.
joe
--- Original Message ---
From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mandrake Newbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [newbie] Blue Bash
>
>I want to make my bash prompt blue.
>
>According to the LDP, IIUIC, it should look like this:
>
>PS1="\[\0[0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w>$[\0[0m\]"
>
>source:
>
>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Bash-
Prompt-HOWTO.html#AEN167
>
>but I get an error saying:
>
>bash: /home/joehill/.bashrc: line 39: unexpected EOF while
looking for
>matching `"' bash: /home/joehill/.bashrc: line 40: syntax error:
>unexpected end of file
>
>they only show one set of matching quotes, so is the LDP off on
this?
>
>It'd be noice if I could see where my last prompt was in the sea of
>output, ya get me?
>
>Thanks!
>
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