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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:51:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: al1_24 <al1 DOT 24 DOT fr AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Ugly prompt with ksh
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, al1_24 wrote:

> I would like to use ksh as shell but, if most of commands work as
> desired, an ugly prompt is displayed before each line, something like
> "[e]0;wa]n[e[32m]u AT h [e[33m]w[e[0m]n$", until I change the PS1 value.
> Is there a way to get the "user AT host pwd $" prompt inside ksh ?

The default /etc/profile should already have a ksh-specific case for
setting the prompt correctly.  Make sure you have an up-to-date
/etc/profile (if you haven't customized it, simply copy
/etc/defaults/etc/profile in its place).

Without further details I can only guess, but it looks like you're
starting ksh from bash (i.e., not as a login shell).  This would make ksh
inherit the (incompatible) PS1 from bash.  Either start the shell with the
"-l" option, or set PS1 appropriately before/after invoking the shell...

Igor Pechtchanski
Volunteer PDKSH maintainer for Cygwin
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