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From: emb978@leah.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How to have PS1 evaluated after each "cd"
Summary: How to insert linefeed in prompt  string?
Message-ID: <560@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 11 Jan 88 22:55:21 GMT
References: <551@leah.Albany.Edu> <4070008@hpiacla.HP.COM>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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Posted: Mon Jan 11 17:55:21 1988

In article <4070008@hpiacla.HP.COM>, marki@hpiacla.HP.COM (Mark Ikemoto) writes:
> I alias cd to a set of commands that sets up my show-current-directory
> characters that manipulate the cursor to display a two-line prompt.
> So when I cd anywhere, I get a blank line followed by the current


I tried something along the lines of set prompt="\! $cwd>\n" but I got the
\n as part of the prompt. How does one insert the linefeed?

Eric M. Boehm
EMB978@LEAH.ALBANY.EDU
EMB978@ALBNY1VX.BITNET