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
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