Re: TZ=... date affected PROMPT_COMMAND

This version works the same as the more verbose one: PROMPT_COMMAND='prompt_status=\ $?' PS1=$SPECIAL_PS1"$my_color_on\A\${prompt_status# 0} \W\$$my_color_off " Putting the variables inside $(...) avoids global variables and use of PROMPT_COMMAND: PS1='\A$(S=$?; W=$((S>99?4:(S>9?3:(S>0?2:0;

Re: TZ=... date affected PROMPT_COMMAND

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never thought that putting TZ here would infect my prompt, 21:07 ~$ date Wed Apr 16 21:07:54 CST 2008 21:07 ~$ TZ=America/Chicago date Wed Apr 16 08:08:07 CDT 2008 08:08 ~$ set a b c 08:08 ~$ date Wed Apr 16 21:08:22 CST 2008 21:08 ~$ all the way until the next non buil

TZ=... date affected PROMPT_COMMAND

Never thought that putting TZ here would infect my prompt, 21:07 ~$ date Wed Apr 16 21:07:54 CST 2008 21:07 ~$ TZ=America/Chicago date Wed Apr 16 08:08:07 CDT 2008 08:08 ~$ set a b c 08:08 ~$ date Wed Apr 16 21:08:22 CST 2008 21:08 ~$ all the way until the next non built-in command. Need to do sh