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From: roger@rtech.UUCP (Roger Rohrbach)
Newsgroups: net.sources,net.unix
Subject: "ready eddie" Shell prompt :-)
Message-ID: <821@rtech.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 04:40:15 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  4 04:40:15 1986
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	Enclosed is a script which will produce a file called `eddie',
which will cause your boring, old shell prompt to be replaced by a
new one named "ready eddie".  eddie was born on a PR1ME computer,
whose command language provides for two prompt strings, the normal
("ready") prompt, and another ("error") prompt that is displayed
after a command has failed  (Unix approx. "exits with a non-zero
status").  eddie normally wore a placid expression:

		{o >o
		 \ -) -yes?

Which changed to a quizzical one after a mistake was made:

		{o >o
		 \ ~) -huh?

On Unix, eddie is blase; you can `rm /' and he won't bat an eye.

	Just cut out the script, put it in a file, make it executable,
and run it, naming your brand of shell if it's different than $SHELL.

	(enclosure)
--------------------------------cut-here---------------------------------------
:
# "ready-eddie" (c) 1986

case ${1-"$SHELL"} in
    *csh)
        command='set prompt = "{o >o\
 \ -) yes? "'
        file=".login"
        include="source"
        ;;
    *)
        command='PS1="{o >o
 \ -) yes? "'
        file=".profile"
        include='.'
        ;;
esac

echo "$command" > eddie
echo "
    Now just add the contents of the
    file \`eddie' to your \`$file',
    or type \`$include eddie' to try eddie.
"