On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> Damien Miller:
> 
> > bash has a PROMPT_COMMAND that allows a command to be executed before
> > each PS1 prompt is displayed. I've found this useful on occasion, so
> > this is the same thing for ksh(1).
> 
> PS1 is evaluated each time the prompt is displayed.  You can put a
> command in $() in there.

ah, I missed that this was possible - thanks :)

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