On Wed, 18 May 2005 06:26:53 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FreeBSD 5.4 and Bash 3.00.16(1) > > I hope that this is the right place to post this. > > I have the following in my '.bash_profile' file. > # > # Set the prompt to display the '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and the working > # directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user. > # > PS1="[EMAIL PROTECTED] \w " > case 'id -u' in > 0) PS1="${PS1}# ";; > *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";; > esac > # > # Keep the environment when using su to become root > # > alias su='su -m' > # > It is suppose to set the prompt to display the '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and the > working directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user. Everything > works except for the '#' and '$' symbols. The '$' symbol is always > displayed. > > I must be doing something really stupid, but I do not know what. I > hope that someone can assist me. Just a guess, as I haven't tested this, but try changing your case line to look like this: case `id -u` in (Note the backticks instead of apostrophes.) HTH, Jacob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"