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Subject: bash's "\$" in PS1 doesn't work right
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From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Date: 16 Oct 1999 13:10:19 -0400
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Hi all:

I have the following in .bashrc:
export PS1="\h:\w\$ "

However, the "\$" doesn't result in "#" for root. I get the "$" sign.

"set" reports UID=0:

BASH=/usr/local/bin/bash
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="03" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release" [5]="i386--freebsd3.3")
BASH_VERSION='2.03.0(1)-release'
EUID=0
PS1='\h:\w$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
UID=0
USER=root

But I get:
door:~$ whoami
root

Any ideas? I compiled bash from the ports collection, updated
yesterday.

Thanks,
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Arcady Genkin                                http://wgaf.dyndns.org
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loves man is nailed?..'" (F. Nietzsche)


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