On November 14, 2003 12:50 pm, Peramslist wrote: > Hi, > > I'm need to display the PS1 envronmental variable through a script on my > RH9 box. When I key in "echo $PS1" in the script I just get a blank but > when I key in the same at the prompt I get the result. I'd appreciate if > you can let me know how I can display the variable as I did a google search > but in vain. Thanks in advance for all your replies. > > Regards, > > Peram Hi, In "non-interactive" bash (a script) there is no PS1, it is unset. To get around it you can run the script in interactive mode. It could be a small one line script called from another if the -i interferes with something (?). Anyway, this works: #!/bin/bash -i # echo $PS1 -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
