From: Houder <houder@xs4all.nl>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:38:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a364f8004a5c53564f9ceab0715bd7cb@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BB92AEC@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net>
On 2016-08-30 15:34, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
[snip]
> But, get this:
>
> $ PS1='$(date)\n\$ '
> Tue Aug 30 09:30:37 EDT 2016
> $ set -o igncr
> -bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token
> `)'
> -bash: command substitution: line 1: `date)'
>
> $ PS1='`date`\n\$ '
> Tue Aug 30 09:31:01 EDT 2016
> $
>
> So, the $() syntax is part of the mix. Use back-ticks as a workaround.
Or: replacing \n by \012 also does the trick.
(No! I do not know why!)
Henri :-))
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-30 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-27 16:20 Gene Pavlovsky
2016-08-27 18:31 ` Andrey Repin
2016-08-29 5:18 ` Gene Pavlovsky
2016-08-30 2:21 ` Eric Blake
2016-08-30 7:49 ` Andrey Repin
2016-08-30 16:57 ` Nellis, Kenneth
2016-08-30 17:38 ` Houder [this message]
2016-08-30 13:16 ` Houder
2016-08-30 17:04 ` Eric Blake
2016-08-30 20:50 ` Houder
2016-09-02 11:52 ` Gene Pavlovsky
2016-09-02 13:32 ` Eric Blake
2016-09-04 9:11 ` Gene Pavlovsky
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