On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM, S. Anthony Sequeira <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Don't forget TWO_TASK, the relevant bit of my PS1 has > ${TWO_TASK:-${ORACLE_SID}} > That's a very good point. Personally, I like the following variant. ${TWO_TASK:-${ORACLE_SID:-*NONE*}} -- "I'm too sexy for my code." - Awk Sed Fred.