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Ant
Nov 29, 2011, 9:23:15 AM11/29/11
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Hello.
I am trying to figure out why my old .bashrc's current location doesn't
show correctly when in /home directory with:
PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
'\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
alias grep='grep --color'
When I try it out in /home, I see "hmee":
foo@box ~ =) $ cd ..
foo@box hmee =) $ cd /home
foo@box =) $
Why is that? It worked on my 2004's updated Debian box and remote Linux
boxes (Fedora and Debian). I am using Bash v4.1-3 from 64-bit Debian's
stable installation with the latest updates including its backports.
Thank you in advance. :)
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I am trying to figure out why my old .bashrc's current location doesn't
show correctly when in /home directory with:
PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
'\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
alias grep='grep --color'
When I try it out in /home, I see "hmee":
foo@box ~ =) $ cd ..
foo@box hmee =) $ cd /home
foo@box =) $
Why is that? It worked on my 2004's updated Debian box and remote Linux
boxes (Fedora and Debian). I am using Bash v4.1-3 from 64-bit Debian's
stable installation with the latest updates including its backports.
Thank you in advance. :)
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those ants? HoooHooo! No more ants!" --unknown
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J G Miller
Nov 29, 2011, 11:01:59 AM11/29/11
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On Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, at 06:23:15h -0800, Ant asked:
> Why is that?
Because there is a bug in the 64 bit version of bash that they
have not fixed and appear not to have any intention of fixing.
cd /boot and I see "bott" in the prompt string.
Please sumbit a bug report to the Debian bash package maintainer.
> Why is that?
Because there is a bug in the 64 bit version of bash that they
have not fixed and appear not to have any intention of fixing.
cd /boot and I see "bott" in the prompt string.
Please sumbit a bug report to the Debian bash package maintainer.
ceving
Dec 1, 2011, 1:25:29 PM12/1/11
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On Nov 29, 3:23 pm, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
> PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
> '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
> alias grep='grep --color'
>
BTW: Why is it necessary to quote numbers: "0"?
>
> PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
> '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
> alias grep='grep --color'
>
Ant
Dec 1, 2011, 6:02:46 PM12/1/11
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Ant
Dec 1, 2011, 6:03:19 PM12/1/11
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> > Why is that?
> Because there is a bug in the 64 bit version of bash that they
> have not fixed and appear not to have any intention of fixing.
> cd /boot and I see "bott" in the prompt string.
> Please sumbit a bug report to the Debian bash package maintainer.
Do you happen to have that existing bug report number?
> Because there is a bug in the 64 bit version of bash that they
> have not fixed and appear not to have any intention of fixing.
> cd /boot and I see "bott" in the prompt string.
> Please sumbit a bug report to the Debian bash package maintainer.
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unruh
Dec 1, 2011, 6:12:05 PM12/1/11
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On 2011-12-01, Ant <ANT...@zimage.com> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.setup ceving <cev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.setup ceving <cev...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 29, 3:23?pm, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>> >
>> > PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
>> > '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
>> > alias grep='grep --color'
>> >
>
>> BTW: Why is it necessary to quote numbers: "0"?
>
> I don't know. I got this bash customization from /. many years ago. :)
"=" is a string comparison-- is string A the same as string B. "0" is s
>> >
>> > PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
>> > '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
>> > alias grep='grep --color'
>> >
>
>> BTW: Why is it necessary to quote numbers: "0"?
>
> I don't know. I got this bash customization from /. many years ago. :)
string containing the single character 0. 0 on its own is either a
number ( which is not a string) or a character (which is again not a
string)
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