RE: Prompt in Korn shell

Were you looking for something like this?

export PS1='$PWD:[$ORACLE_SID]:'

Jim

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Alex
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:26 PM
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Anybody knows how to show current working directory and in general shell variable in Korn shell that prompt change when variable changes - for current working directory and ORACLE_SID for example. I know how to do it in bash but cannot do it right in Korn.

Alex Hillman

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