how PS1 variable is used ?

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Tue, December 7, 2010 22:15, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>> MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>> It is used exactly in accordance with the specifications in the shell
>>> man page, which is the first place one should look for such
>>> information.
>>>
>>> (IOW, RTFM)
>>
>> ~/ > man shell
>> No manual entry for shell
>>
>> If you suggest to RTFM, please make sure you point to an existing
>> manual.
>>
> If you don't know what a shell is or how to find it, then I would
> suggest you get a good book on UNIX/Linux systems and find out the
> basics first.
>
> Try 'echo $SHELL' to find out which one you are running, or 'man
> `basename $SHELL`'
>
> You got me, though.  I've never responded to someone who didn't know
> how to find what to look for in the manual.  Have you tried 'man -k
> shell?'
>
> Maybe a little Google would help, too.

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