Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:08:26 +1030 From: bastill@adam.com.au To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS1 command! ? Message-ID: <1045100305.3e4af71201914@webmail.adam.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030212234301.GA87465@wopr.caltech.edu> References: <1045092718.3e4ad96e29fcd@webmail.adam.com.au> <20030212234301.GA87465@wopr.caltech.edu>
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Quoting Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:01:58AM +1030, bastill@adam.com.au wrote:
>
> > *) PS1="$(PS1)S ";;
>
> > Yet on login I get this error message:
> > bash: PS1: command not found
>
> $(foo) is the same as `foo`. It runs the command "foo" and uses its
> output. So the shell is looking for a command called PS1.
>
> You want ${PS1} (curly braces, not parentheses). I think your mind has
> been tainted by Makefiles which use $(foo) for variable substitution.
"Well I'm blessed", said Pooh, being bothered. :-)
So simple. Works too. Thanks.
--
Brian
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