On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 11:08:20AM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: ... > > PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\ > > [\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' ... > Excuse me if this is a dumb question, but what does the "debian_chroot" > part (twice) do?
If the debian_chroot environment variable is defined, then it is included in the prompt, surrounded by brackets. You can try it out by just export debian_chroot=testing and export debian_chroot= to remove again. (assuming you've defined PS1 as above) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150503100154.gd29...@chew.redmars.org