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Re: Change command prompt


Thanks for everyone replied, the problem is caused by the '\r' in .bashrc.

At 12:08 PM 08/28/2000 -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Yu Zhang <yxz11@psu.edu> wrote:
>> Hello there:
>> 
>> I tried to change command prompt by putting "export PS1='`cygpath -w
>> \w`>'"(no double quotation marks) in ~/.bashrc. The prompt changed but the
>> cursor is moved to the first column. However, if I execute "export
>> PS1='`cygpath -w \w`>'", then everything is fine. What did I do wrong and
>> what should I do to change command prompt.
>> 
>
>Make sure that the .bashrc file has UNIX style line endings.
>
>cp .bashrc .bashrc.old
>tr -d '\r' < .bashrc.old > .bashrc
>
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