He might also try diff. Both the code page issue for [ ] and the visual similarity of ` to ' seem plausible culprits.
I've had similar issues on the PC side with AA versus AC for ¬. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mark Zelden [m...@mzelden.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 12:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix Agree with Shmuel. I assume the same emulator profile is used for both? If you are working with z/OS Unix for sure you want 1047. If using Vista TN3270 it identifies that as "US C Programming". Maybe you aren't seeing a "`" correctly (backtick). Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1wGRmPm9OrQwrmCaqJr6aJ_340Li_b4CjojZM6P8Usrij6Qp7ya-_Zav54oQt4dz-H4vL2j7pVfemGH3ck94qqiu63hiWIf2W6i2JkbxPkcECgsEXpQ5P_NL-SFJJMfk0NaUjB1qIcmIn_VjKkbblkytICnw8o_hVOVZ0SU7MdeSgUUxac5IeiuUCQ9CeLHVDaYzw0x2x48yBoDWa_RQQ64wf6kw53UF84ctS1EjRdB7ma5KoQk8SjPihLeySd1tyWbOFJICyugk3_Uzqzl90uofzJ7xDkeyAcKBCpUKIz5yu5BJa7j1NUQI0g_aiorvShNU6LY4aS_il-t3MZyGGuzq3iIi2uLS1rx6-DVZ132GqQCqAlLhUvnlAOp-nXT3cKI00kKqJxbGrv9hFxuKkVrgVooCJseXHZCe-EasGAvh6QbLWRky9QLYv-utfiC9T/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mzelden.com%2Fmvsutil.html On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:40:28 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >I would try displaying both in hex. Is it possible that one has a space where >the other has an HT? > > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > >________________________________________ >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of >Tom Longfellow [000003e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] >Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 11:31 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix > >I am confused and am throwing out a Hail Mary for help. Here is the >situation. >Two cloned LPARs. (same sysres and unix root file systems) > >On system 1 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of > export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " > >On system 2 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of > export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " > >Why YES they do look the same... at least they do to me. >-=-=-= >The results however are very different. > >On system one the displayed PS1 is > [TECH905@jismvs_test ~ 11:26 AM]$ > >On system two the displayed PS1 is > [\u@\H \W \@]$ >-=-=-=-= >I am using the same SHELL program in my environment. (/usr/bin/bash) > >Anybody have any ideas why the two different LPARs are reading the same string >but interpreting it in two different ways? >My suspect is some dark secret settings in the Unix file system. Total Guess > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
