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Re: Bash Manual inconsistency regarding PS* in which expansions apply
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bash Manual inconsistency regarding PS* in which expansions apply |
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Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:48:45 -0400 |
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On 3/12/17 5:14 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> The manual says [1]:
>
> In addition, the following table describes the special characters which
> can
> appear in the prompt variables PS1 to PS4:
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> ..which misses PS0 (and seems to imply that PS3 gets expanded in this
> fashion as well).
>
> [1]
> https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Controlling-the-Prompt
Thanks for the report. The man page is clearer that PS0, PS1, PS2, and
PS4 undergo prompt string expansions. I'll see what the info document
needs.
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