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Well, let's see. &nbsp;You're obviously not using csh. &nbsp;It's either sh, ksh, bash, or some other sh variant. &nbsp;Most modern shells based on sh allow you to use backslash escapes. &nbsp;Thus, try<br />
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PS1='$PWD \n\$ '<br />
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Hope this helps<br />
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Well, let's see.  You're obviously not using csh.  It's either sh, ksh, bash, or some other sh variant.  Most modern shells based on sh allow you to use backslash escapes.  Thus, try

PS1='$PWD \n\$ '

Hope this helps



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Thanks, since I got the comment from two people, I will assume that my shell is not taking the \ as an escape. The solution above resulted in the 'n' being printed, and no second line.<br />
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Thanks anyways<br />
Barry
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Thanks, since I got the comment from two people, I will assume that my shell is not taking the \ as an escape. The solution above resulted in the 'n' being printed, and no second line.

Thanks anyways
Barry

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What you neglected to explain that when you see &quot;^J&quot; or &quot;^&quot; followed by anything, this means that you should replace that character with the escape code for that character.<br />
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In most VT emulators, just type CTRL-V followed by CTRL-J instead of the &quot;^J&quot; sequence in the original command.<br />
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-- Bubba
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What you neglected to explain that when you see "^J" or "^" followed by anything, this means that you should replace that character with the escape code for that character.

In most VT emulators, just type CTRL-V followed by CTRL-J instead of the "^J" sequence in the original command.

-- Bubba

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I was looking through a Unix book and it gave a sample for changing the unix command prompt:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;PS1='$PWD ^J\$ '<br />
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This should get a prompt like<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;/home/user<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;$<br />
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unfortunately I get the prompt<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;/home/user ^J$<br />
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Can anyone tell me how to get this prompt on two lines!<br />
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Thanks
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I was looking through a Unix book and it gave a sample for changing the unix command prompt:

   PS1='$PWD ^J\$ '

This should get a prompt like
     /home/user
     $

unfortunately I get the prompt
     /home/user ^J$

Can anyone tell me how to get this prompt on two lines!

Thanks

Changing Unix Prompt

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.