Not QUITE the same. Your first example starts in position 4; the second in position 3.
(Heh, heh, I just slay myself.) --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment. -Robert Benchley */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Tom Longfellow Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 11:32 I am confused and am throwing out a Hail Mary for help. Here is the situation. Two cloned LPARs. (same sysres and unix root file systems) On system 1 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " On system 2 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " Why YES they do look the same... at least they do to me. -=-=-= The results however are very different.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN