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CrEsPo
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 Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:58 am Post subject: Console and PS1 configuration |
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I was configuring my PS1 variable in ~/.bashrc, but I came across a problem. My PS1 variable looks like this:
The problem is that '\$' is not working correctly, when I'm logged in as root it will still show the '$' symbol instead of the '#' symbol. Does anyone know why it is doing this? I tried searching, but didn't come up with anything. Here's an example of what I mean:
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GenYetiToo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Console and PS1 configuration |
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| CrEsPo wrote: |
The problem is that '\$' is not working correctly, when I'm logged in as root it will still show the '$' symbol instead of the '#' symbol. Does anyone know why it is doing this? |
It does this, because $ is a special character and has to be "escaped" using a \
Try: or
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