[comp.unix.questions] prompt problem

bret@uop.edu (Son of Root) (01/05/89)

# prompt generator
    Hello out there!

   Could some wonderful person tell me how I can make this prompt and
   alias set add a blank space before displaying the text of the prompt?

      Thanks.

      Bret Ford
      bret@uop.uop.edu



   alias cd 'cd \!*;clear;/bin/ls -F; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   alias pushd 'pushd \!*; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   alias popd 'popd \!*; set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"'
   set prompt=":-) `whoami`@`dirs|~bret/bin/genpro`"