>
> Personally I've never found any use for PROMPT_COMMAND. It seems klunky
> and awkward.
>
My PS1 depends much on PROMPT_COMMAND. For example, my PROMPT_COMMAND will
trim very long $PWD to a shorter one (depends on the window size of current
terminal):
[r...@server ~/directory/lng/very
On 7/12/10 6:18 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> I have a long standing problem under cygwin in that when I type
> a prefix of 1 or more executables and hit the expand character (ESC),
> it lists out all the DLL's in my system path.
>
> I NEVER want to execute libraries directly. Many or most are
> not e
I have a long standing problem under cygwin in that when I type
a prefix of 1 or more executables and hit the expand character (ESC),
it lists out all the DLL's in my system path.
I NEVER want to execute libraries directly. Many or most are
not executables -- yet bash lists them. In Windows, th
"Clark J. Wang" writes:
> For example, in the interactive shell, I want to track the time when every
> inputted command is invoked. So I want to run a `date' command before
> actually invoking the inputted command. For now I have to do like this:
>
> $ date; command1
> $ date; command2
>
> Is the
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 08:16, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> > Not quite before the command, but it is very easy to include $(date) as
>> > part of PS1 to have a timestamp listed in the prompt that is printed
>> > after every command.
>
> On Sat, J
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:22:27AM +0800, Clark J. Wang wrote:
> For example, in the interactive shell, I want to track the time when every
> inputted command is invoked. So I want to run a `date' command before
> actually invoking the inputted command. For now I have to do like this:
>
> $ date;
Bob Proulx writes:
> For an executable script I use no suffix at all. It matters not if
> the script is a bash script, sh, ksh, perl, ruby, or whatever.
Assuming it uses the appropriate shebang.
Andreas.
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