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From: wyle@ethz.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Prompt changing on the fly
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Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 09:11:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 09:11:50 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Jan-87 00:22:24 EST
Reply-To: wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle)
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Organization: CS Department, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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Keywords: prompt
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Does anyone out there have a shell script / program to change
the prompt DYNAMICALLY after each [CR]?

I would like to choose a random prompt from a large file, and
I would like the flexibility to add: node, directory, etc. to
the generated prompt.

I would prefer NOT to write a new shell.

Ideas?
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