smallnow wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> smallnow writes:
> > PROMPT_COMMAND='$(cd)'
>
> Since $(cd) expands to nothing this is mostly a no-op.
True. But he did say this as well:
> > I used $(cd) as a trivial command substitution, but any command
> > substitution seems to have the same effect.
> > I actually ha
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:29:00PM -0800, smallnow wrote:
> Bug #1:
> do:
> PROMPT_COMMAND='$(cd)'
I've never found any reasonable use for PROMPT_COMMAND. If you just
want to perform command substitutions at prompt-writing time, use PS1:
PS1='$(pwd)\$ '
Of course, this trivial example is more
smallnow writes:
> Bug #1:
> do:
> PROMPT_COMMAND='$(cd)'
Since $(cd) expands to nothing this is mostly a no-op.
Andreas.
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