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Confused about bash prompt meaning
I found out that in bash, the $PS1 variable can be modified to change the prompt. The problem is that I'm having some trouble trying to understand the long string of codes that I was given.
I did:
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Unable to get terminal prompt when executing script via ssh
I have the below script that works fine when run locally
cat /tmp/input.sh
echo -n ">> "
read env
exit;
I get the command prompt when i ...
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How to change Linux terminal prompt
I've been using Terminator as my terminal but after reconfiguring my display manager to 'Lightdm' after 'gdm3' crashed while installing updates, I messed something up, not with terminal, using the GUI ...
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Unix - can i make the command line readable? [duplicate]
Let's say I have this commandline:
~/development/company/folder:
and i run this command
./gradlew appRun
then my command line looks like this:
~/development/company/folder: ./gradlew appRun
Now, ...
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How to set shell to wrap words for long commands?
I connect to a Slackware server. When a command is longer than the size of the putty window, the line continues in the same line, and the start of the command disappears as I continue adding to the ...
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Bash prompt getting garbled when I browse history?
I have MacOS and .bash_profile content:
export PS1="\[\e[0;31m$\]\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\w\e[m\] : \]"
as a result I have pwd printed in terminal like this:
but when I press up and down arrows to use ...
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How to put “glue” CWD (etc.) to part of the screen instead of putting into PS1?
I suspect there’s some terminology for this question that I’m not aware of. It’s hard to check if a question has already been answered if one doesn’t know the proper vocabulary. So, sorry if this is ...
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When a command is over half the terminal size it breaks
Whenever I type in a bash command longer than about half the width of the shell window I'm in, the command breaks like it would if I filled the whole screen
3rd command in image - typed a few xs and ...
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