On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 05:12:13PM -0400, Jared Yanovich wrote: > Specifically, I use this output of a command in my prompt (sorry to > offend anyone who finds that ridiculous), so it would be nice to have > the old functionality back if possible.
You can do: PS1='$(your command) other stuff here' The command substitution will be performed every time the prompt is displayed.