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PSI variable
Name: sue Date: January 12, 2003 at 03:11:33 Pacific OS: Sun Solaris CPU/Ram: P4/2GB
Comment:
I have this PS1='$PWD$' in my korn shell script Can you tell me what will that do?? is it something to do with my command prompt.
Name: James Boothe Date: January 12, 2003 at 09:08:14 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, PS1 defines your primary prompt string, which can be a simple string such as '$ ' or for ksh it can be an expression, such as your present working directory.
PS2 is your secondary prompt string when it knows it needs to prompt for more:
PS2='more please: ' print "This is a continued line"
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