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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: "ML CygWIN" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: More informative bash prompt
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:49:15 +0200
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Well, whether this is useful might be a question of preference.

-- .profile --
# Make the prompt tell the last exit code among other things.
export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007\033[32m\]\u@\
h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] \s (P)PID=($PPID)$$, s=$?\n$ '
--
DO append the two last lines above (i.e. ...\h... )

 s == exit status of last command/pipe/...
 Take it or leave it. ;-)

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems - 59°16.37'N,
17°12.60'E
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