Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 00:14:48 GMT From: Derek Wood <ddwood@outlook.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/173410: [patch] sh(1) include PS1 expansions in man page Message-ID: <201211060014.qA60EmKq018170@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201211060020.qA60K05O062021@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 173410 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] sh(1) include PS1 expansions in man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 06 00:20:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Derek Wood >Release: 10.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD bespin 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #2: Thu Nov 1 10:11:06 MST 2012 root@bespin:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: sh(1) includes hostname, working directory and superuser expansion for the $PS1 and $PS2 environmental variables. This patch to the sh man page documents it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- sh.1 2012-10-31 04:44:47.000000000 -0700 +++ sh.1.new 2012-11-05 17:00:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -1337,9 +1337,33 @@ .Dq Li "$ " , unless you are the superuser, in which case it defaults to .Dq Li "# " . +.Va PS1 +may include any of the following formatting sequences, +which are replaced by the given information: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Li \eH +The local hostname +.It Li \eh +The fully-qualified hostname +.It Li \eW +The final component of the current working directory +.It Li \ew +The entire path of the current working directory +.It Li \e$ +Superuser status. +.Dq Li " $ " +for normal users and +.Dq Li "# " +for superusers. +.It Li \e\e +A literal backslash +.El .It Va PS2 The secondary prompt string, which defaults to .Dq Li "> " . +.Va PS2 +may include any of the formatting sequences from +.Va PS1 . .It Va PS4 The prefix for the trace output (if .Fl x >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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