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Re: .bashrc problem--"ls" output and root prompt

From: Ansgar Esztermann <aeszter(at)gwdg.de>
Date: Wed Aug 22 2007 - 03:59:42 EDT

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 04:14:04PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
>
> PS1='\h\w $ '; export PS1
>
> So, nothing fancy. How do i get my coloured "ls" back,
> and my "#" prompt as sudo'ed root?

Use \$ rather than a plain $ to get # as root.

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