vatbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NO, the output of "cat /var/lock/subsys/dm" is written over by the > prompt of my shell (dm has a number like 1114) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]$ cat /var/lock/subsys/dm > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]$ > My system is Mandrake Linux 9.1 with bash v2.05b > Is it possible to change this bash behaviour so that the prompt doesn't > overwrite output of a command?
Yes: change your PS1 setting so it doesn't start with a carriage return. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils