Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 07:37:44 -0500 From: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bash: Setting Prompt Message-ID: <20050518073744.493b18c3@jacob.6texans.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0505180625030.2400@Treneq> References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0505180625030.2400@Treneq>
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 06:26:53 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote:
> FreeBSD 5.4 and Bash 3.00.16(1)
>
> I hope that this is the right place to post this.
>
> I have the following in my '.bash_profile' file.
> #
> # Set the prompt to display the 'user@host' and the working
> # directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user.
> #
> PS1="\u@\h \w "
> case 'id -u' in
> 0) PS1="${PS1}# ";;
> *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";;
> esac
> #
> # Keep the environment when using su to become root
> #
> alias su='su -m'
> #
> It is suppose to set the prompt to display the 'user@host' and the
> working directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user. Everything
> works except for the '#' and '$' symbols. The '$' symbol is always
> displayed.
>
> I must be doing something really stupid, but I do not know what. I
> hope that someone can assist me.
Just a guess, as I haven't tested this, but try changing your case line
to look like this:
case `id -u` in (Note the backticks instead of apostrophes.)
HTH,
Jacob
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