Re: PS1 shell variable

"u" == usenet <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

u> bogdan_czyz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> If you run this like that nothing is returned .. at least on redhat ES4
>> it works on AIX though .... really weird

u> You're probably using ksh on AIX but bash on RH. Different shells;
u> different conventions.

good catch. and i wonder why he cares about a shell prompt inside perl.
if he wants a standard prompt from the shell env, create a new one and
set it everywhere. fun!

uri

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