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Article #68Re: VDQ: weird echo
From: Beartooth
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:52
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:52
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Tiny Human Ferret wrote: > Beartooth wrote: > > > > Why am I suddenly getting all these weird echoes -- and how > > do I stop them?? I feel like a sorcerer's apprentice. > > > > Any alchemists in the crowd?? > > Add to /etc/profile and/or /etc/zprofile if it's not already there: > > <!--- > > # Set a default shell prompt: > #PS1='`hostname`:`pwd`# ' > if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/pdksh" -o "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]; then > PS1="! $ " > elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then > PS1="%n@%m:%~%# " > elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then > PS1="$ " > else > PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ' > fi > PS2='> ' > ignoreeof=10 > export PATH DISPLAY LESS TERM PS1 PS2 ignoreeof > > --> > > See also (actually, print it out and read it about 20 times) > > `man bash` > Any suggestions on an easy to print all that? (I would highlight, then copy&paste each screenful into AbiWord, and print from there -- a tedious process. > However you did that, let me know, because that's some truly > inspirational weirdness. It quit when I closed the gnome terminal that was doing it, and hasn't done it any more; so I suppose I've merely created an electronic legend .... -- RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger <karhunhammas (at) lserv.com> double retiree, linux hatchling running pine 4.43 on ISP's SunOS 5.8; Opera 6.02, Pan 0.11.2, Galeon 1.2.5, & Mozilla 1.0 under RH 7.2 Keep in mind that I have no idea what I am talking about.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11663c,edafde102d870121 X-Google-Attributes: gid11663c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-26 14:52:31 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.radix.net!news1.radix.net!saltmine.radix.net!karhunhammas From: Beartooth <karhunhammas@Lserv.com> Newsgroups: dc.org.linux-users Subject: Re: VDQ: weird echo Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:52:25 -0400 Organization: RadixNet Internet Services Lines: 52 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0207261747431.26875-100000@saltmine.radix.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0207191348380.27887-100000@saltmine.radix.net> <3D3C8DA1.40D27237@earthops.net> Reply-To: KHLsv <karhunhammas@lserv.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: saltmine.radix.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-X-Sender: karhunhammas@saltmine.radix.net In-Reply-To: <3D3C8DA1.40D27237@earthops.net>