Re: enhancement: PROMPT_COMMAND_AFTER

[Paul Jarc]

me <bad@email.com> wrote:
>   Is there currently another way to accomplish this ? (run a cmd before
> the new cmdline is launched)

This is a common request.  It can almost be done with a script:
#!/bin/bash -i
while :; do
  eval "$PROMPT_COMMAND"
  read -ep "$PS1" line || break
  eval "$PROMPT_COMMAND_AFTER"
  eval "$line"
done

But then you don't get multi-line commands, $ substitution in PS1,
etc.


paul