X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; q=dns; s=default; b=RGKWi6wVUj1WO7fYlRO+ EpOaN20hKXdnymZu6whxvkpFaYqQac7qfc5h8Xh7SWoi0dm/X7mcwfgVeaw4vtlB TNCEA2Il5poOz0EWZREw6cxyb+I6l9pz1s67gCUVrXZnRfm5SzhHD/D0T6Nlh8Nr gz1UY9bimNjQevbBttwwpm4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; s=default; bh=V8HxoNCk/UxUdxlZGvGn4i6Fxt A=; b=IQWskqOKUJQL1JPeTel4hWSXjS5dw9raHbxUj8Fn5JPo3ajOmWwqwrX1HB oG5Kg/e9WG8ApaK4k6ZKnXmuChFNbWq2OH0SXHmlOttUTzlj1kVlcX2C2duaZUWJ juEihSNZioWw4PS4absqsCk4vdQvP8/95Cy5699cHwJz28/kc= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=No, nellis, Nellis, back-ticks X-HELO: lb1-smtp-cloud6.xs4all.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:41:12 +0200 From: Houder To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt In-Reply-To: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BB92AEC@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> References: <181446230 DOT 20160830061415 AT yandex DOT ru> <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BB92AEC AT USA7109MB022 DOT na DOT xerox DOT net> Message-ID: X-Sender: houder AT xs4all DOT nl (7s3pquIgNVzyErLT974aXg==) User-Agent: XS4ALL Webmail X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2016-08-30 15:34, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: [snip] > But, get this: > > $ PS1='$(date)\n\$ ' > Tue Aug 30 09:30:37 EDT 2016 > $ set -o igncr > -bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token > `)' > -bash: command substitution: line 1: `date)' > > $ PS1='`date`\n\$ ' > Tue Aug 30 09:31:01 EDT 2016 > $ > > So, the $() syntax is part of the mix. Use back-ticks as a workaround. Or: replacing \n by \012 also does the trick. (No! I do not know why!) Henri :-)) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple