Thomas, Thanks. That did the trick. John On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Thomas Stivers wrote: > On 06/01/02 1:59 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been using the screen program a lot in the last few days. Combined > > with virtual consoles, it gives trememdous multitasking capabilities. My > > .bashrc contais the line: > > You want to use \l as in: > export PS1='\\$\l:${WINDOW}>' > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703