pjh@otter.hpl.hp.com (Patrick Hyland) (12/15/88)
Try:
PS1="$(uname -n)!!$(logname){!} " ; export PS1;
Patrick Hyland.devusr@relay-nswc.navy.mil (12/16/88)
C Hudson Hendren III <hudson@vsedev.vse.com> writes: >I would like to have an exclamation point ("!") in my Korn shell prompt. try this: PS1=$(uname -n)'\\!'$(logname)'{\!} ' disclaimer: i don't have a ksh, but quoting the !'s thusly gives the desired results in my csh. /dave --- Dave Paulson dpaulso@relay-nswc.navy.mil (703)663-2137 "I've upped my standards; now up yours" -- Pat Paulsen