Re: Weird custom bash location setup.

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From: Ant
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:02

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In comp.os.linux.setup ceving <ceving@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 29, 3:23�pm, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >
> > PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo
> > '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ "
> > alias grep='grep --color'
> >

> BTW: Why is it necessary to quote numbers: "0"?

I don't know. I got this bash customization from /. many years ago. :)
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