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Differences between version 11 and predecessor to the previous major change of EnvironmentVariable.

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Newer page: version 11 Last edited on Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:38:10 pm by BenStaz Revert
Older page: version 9 Last edited on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:47:33 pm by LawrenceDoliveiro Revert
@@ -157,10 +157,14 @@
 __PROMPT_COMMAND__: 
  Command for the shell to run every time it displays a prompt, see bash(1) 
 __PS1__: 
  Shell prompt, see bash(1) 
+ Check out the 'PROMPTING' section for info on how to change the shell prompt.  
+ <br>''PS1='\e[31m\A\e[0m \u@\h:\w>'' looks quite nice :)  
 __PS2__: 
- Shell prompt, see bash(1) 
+ Secondary Shell prompt, see bash(1)  
+ <br>Simply tells us that our previous line continues.  
+ <br>For example, you will see this prompt if you forget to close the quotes.  
 __PS3__: 
  Shell prompt, see bash(1) 
 __PS4__: 
  Shell prompt, see bash(1)