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Re: VDQ: weird echo

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From: Beartooth
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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