ath1410 wrote: >Can someone help! I have been trying to explain the way bash >works as follows. > >$PS1=\\u -2 returns user >$PS1=\\\u -3 returns user >$PS1=\\\\u -4 returns \u >$PS1=\\\\\u -5 returns \u >$PS1=\\\\\\u -6 returns \user >$PS1=\\\\\\\u -7 returns \user >$PS1=\\\\\\\\u -8 returns \u >$PS1=\\\\\\\\\u -9 returns \u >$PS1=\\\\\\\\\\u -10 returns \user >$PS1=\\\\\\\\\\\u -11 returns \user >$PS1=\\\\\\\\\\\\u -12 returns \\u > >I can understand somewhere around; > >$PS1=\\\u -3 returns user > >But more than that, I can't figure out why bash respond >as it does. What the logic behind it? > > > Review the two HOWTO's:
1. BASH Programming-Introduction HOW-TO and 2. From Power Up to Bash Prompt This probable is answered as a string comparsion operators. Larry
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