[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > How would one check to make sure the terminal is capable of ANSI escape > sequences? > > -brad
I'd do this by not coding in the escape sequences directly, but by using tput: export PS1="\[`tput setaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] sgr0`\]:\[`tput setaf 4`\]\w\[`tput sgr0`\]\$ " "tput" is a command-line interface into the terminfo database - if your terminal is known to be able to handle colors, it'll generate escape codes and if not it'll generate nothing. Thus, this prompt line works just as well on a color-capable xterm as it does on an old Wyse terminal (which not only can't do color, but barfs if handed VT-style escape codes).
