Bash, how I love thee. On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 16:04, Andrew Hunter wrote: > 2) What is âif [ "$PS1" ]; thenââparticularly, the $PS1 part?
Don't be afraid to experiment with multi-line prompts. I love mine:
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[cvsroot: not set ]
[previous directory: unavailable ]
[patience: /home/sjansen ]
bash:sjansen()$
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> 3) I have added a line, âalias ls='ls --color -la'â which appears not to work,
> which makes me sad. Whatâs wrong?
The first question is, is dircolors installed?
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