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From: lew@gsgpyr.gsg.COM (Paul Lew)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: RE: Determining if in xterm from shell
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Date: 4 Feb 91 05:43:11 GMT
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>   Is there a simple way to determine from the shell whether I am running
>   an xterm or not?

Check if WINDOWID is defined, for example, in csh/tcsh:

	if ( $?WINDOWID ) then
		set prompt = ...
	else
		set prompt = ...
	endif

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