On 7/10/10 9:57 PM, Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > > I have a directory named '\E' (two letters, rather than a single > special character). I have the following $PS1 variable. > > $ echo $PS1 > ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h:\w\$ > > When my current directory is '\E', the prompt shows a special > character (I think that it should be the special character '\E'). I'm > wondering if there is a way to change $PS1 to show two characters '\' > and 'E'.
I don't get this behavior with bash-4.1. It may be PROMPT_COMMAND that is messing up your display. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/