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From: pechner@ddtg.com (Michael Pechner)
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Subject: Re: How do I ... (NOT a FAQ)
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.162928.29027@ddtg.com>
Date: 18 Apr 91 16:29:28 GMT
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In article <506@bria> uunet!bria!mike writes:
>In an article, mindcraft.com!ronnie (Ronnie Kon) writes:
>>In article <15710@mendip.UUCP> mhr@mendip.UUCP (Mark Hull-Richter) writes:
>>>
>>>How do I get the current time into my command line prompt?
>>>
>>	The construct `command` (note the use of accent grave (`) instead
>>of apostrophe (') inserts the result of the command into the command line.
>>(Refer to the man page for your shell for a more complete explanation).  I
>>believe this facility is present in Bourne shell; I know it is in C and Korn
>>shells.
>
>If you happened to read the question, the original poster was NOT asking how
>to insert the date into the command line -- he was asking how to insert the
>date in the command line *prompt*. 
>
>The answer is: it depends.  Some shells allow for the execution of embedded
>commands in a prompt; the Big Three (sh, csh, ksh) do not.
>
>-- 
In ksh I have a function to put in your .kshrc file that will insert time, or
other if you want.  Most ksh people know about this one.


	unalias cd
	function _cd {
		cd $@ ; 
		PS1=`date '+%H:%M  '``hostname`".""$LOGNAME"" ""$PWD"">"
		export PS1
	}
	alias cd='_cd'
My prompt prints  "hh:mm  mikey.pechner /whatewver/idunno>"
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