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On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Subba Rao wrote: > In BASH, why does the "\u" and "whoami" make a big difference for the $? > value in PS1 string? The BASH version is 2.04. The \u is interpreted by bash within the local process. The `whoami` runs the "whoami" command while printing the prompt, and this updates the value of $?. The $? in PS1 gets evaluated before the "whois" gets executed. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj Email: (temporarily) jabr at world.std.com - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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