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From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: jobs count in ksh93 PS1
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i was wondering if there is a better way to put jobs count, in PS1 in 
ksh93, than the following (partial PS1 set in ~/.kshrc which is "ENV" in
~/.profile)...

# PS1="jobs: '$(jobs | wc -l | xargs printf %-s)'"
# export PS1


ps: for the zealous kind, i know that bash has built-in "\j" for this.

-- 
 so, do you like word games or scrabble?
	 - parv

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