Linda Walsh wrote:
> But anyway, something else is is awry.
>
> Now my root prompt, instead of being red, looks like:
>
> "\[\033[1m\]\[\033[31m\]Ishtar:root#\[\033[0m\] "
>
> ;-/
That will be due to incorrect quoting. Which suggestion did you
implement? There were several.
> What version of bash has the \[ \] characters to keep it from
> counting chars?
All of them.
Try this *exactly* as I post it. I did test this. It probably isn't
optimal. But it does what you are asking. And it is only a slight
variation from what you are currently using.
_CRed=$(tput setaf 1) #Red
_CRST=$(tput sgr0) #Reset
_CBLD=$(tput bold) #Bold
_prompt_open=""
_prompt_close=""
_prompt=">"
[[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && {
_prompt_open="$_CBLD$_CRed"
_prompt_close="$_CRST"
_prompt="#"
}
PS1='\[$_prompt_open\]$(pwd "$PWD")$_prompt\[$_prompt_close\] ';
Bob
