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From: bret@uop.edu (Son of Root)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: prompt problem
Keywords: question, can't get it to work
Message-ID: <1761@uop.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 89 00:24:32 GMT
Organization: cat flames > /dev/null
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# prompt generator
    Hello out there!

   Could some wonderful person tell me how I can make this prompt and
   alias set add a blank space before displaying the text of the prompt?

      Thanks.

      Bret Ford
      bret@uop.uop.edu



   alias cd 'cd \!*;clear;/bin/ls -F; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   alias pushd 'pushd \!*; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   alias popd 'popd \!*; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"