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- From: nj104@cus.cam.ac.uk (Neil Jerram)
- Subject: Re: Bug of prompt \$
- Message-ID: <NJ104.93Jan8124302@bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: U of Cambridge, England
- References: nj104@cus.cam.ac.uk (Neil Jerram)
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:43:06 GMT
- Approved: bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- I have also found that \$ does not produce a # when it should. A
- solution to this problem is to type \\$ instead of \$, e.g. my .bashrc
- file says
-
- PS1="\u-\\$ "
-
- Whether or not this is *correct* is another matter.
-
- Neil.
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