Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:14:52 -0500 From: Paul Root <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> Cc: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>, Justin Muir <jkuir@uniserve.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lean mean kernel with sound!! + dumb questions Message-ID: <3445081C.7861E5EA@iaces.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971015095335.4443D-100000@dale.salk.edu>
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Tom Bartol wrote: > > > > > At 03:49 PM 10/15/97 +0200, Mariusz Potocki wrote: > > > >>ps- how do I distinguish between types files etc since I can't seem to > > >>find extensions? > > The file command is useful, as you have already been told, but I prefer to > use csh and especially tcsh (you'll have to install tcsh as a port or > package) as my shell because I can easily alias the ls command as follows: > > alias ls ls -F for sh, ksh and bash. alias lf="ls -CF" > > To set your prompt in csh you can put the following in your .cshrc: > > if ( $?prompt ) then > alias cd 'cd \!*;s_prompt' > alias s_prompt 'set prompt = "`hostname` [$cwd] -> "' > s_prompt > endif > > or more conveniently if you are using tcsh: > > if ($shell != /bin/csh) then > set prompt = "%m [%/] -%# " > endif And for bash: export PS1="\m [\w] \?# " is the same thing. > Hope this doesn't confuse you even more :-) > > Tom
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