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From: Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com>
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>>>>> Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> writes:
>>>>> with <kf4gqt$9bu$3@dont-email.me> Aragorn wrote:

	[Cross-posting to news:alt.comp.lang.shell.unix.bourne-bash.]

 >> [04:46:03][localhost:/home/aragorn] [0][aragorn][$] >

 > What an evil PS1 you have!  What mean those '[0]' and '[$]' in second
 > line?

	The last command's exit code and \$, I guess?

 > p. s.  I have PS1 like this too.  But it's for logins with no
 > $DISPLAY.

	FWIW, I'm using a simpler prompt:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] \W\$ '

	Or, should I need timestamps:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] $(printf x%08x "$(date +%s)") \W\$ ' 

	\W is quite apt for me, given that I may occasionally have to
	visit something like /home/public/users/ivan/download/svn-sync/,
	or /home/private/users/ivan/private/slides/debian-apt-2012/.

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