On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:56:24 -0500, Chris Brennan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Note that csh does automatically use % or # according to the
> > > first setting. I'm not sure how bash handles this.
> >
>
> man bash and search for PROMPTING, everything you can pass PS1 is there
>
> # is \# the command number of this command
>
> I don't see how a '%' is handled tho, what does it do is csh? I (or someone
> else) may know the bash equivalent...
The csh and bash config do use differnt "escape sequences"
for substitution, such as user name, host name, current
directory and "power" (root / non-root). In bash it is \,
in csh it is %.
You are right, "man bash" does list all the sequences,
as well as "man csh". For the standard prompt
u...@host:~/my/path% _
those are the corresponding codes:
Meaning csh bash
-------------- ------ ------
user %n \u
host %m \h
path \w %~ (includes substitution ~)
prompt sign %# (# for root, % for non-root)
\$ (# for root, $ for non-root)
That's why I said csh's set prompt = "%...@%m:%~%# " equals
bash's export PS1="\...@\h:\w\$ ", because bash does have a
different default prompt (which might not be desired).
A literal % can be used for bash's PS1 setting if intended.
But it's okay to see $ for bash, and % for csh.
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Magdeburg, Germany
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