[Linux-Anyway] Re: Update: Bash help?
- From: Meph Istopheles <Meph@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:39:25 -0800 (PST)
>> Don't suppose bash is capable of outorefreshing? I can't
>> seem to find anything about it.
> No, it'll just display the time it was when the prompt was output.
Drag. Seems a nifty feature to have -- assuming the user opens
a terminal or only runs in console mode. Too bad, that.
> Try this instead:
> $ PS1="\w \D{%H.%M %p} \$ "
> ~ 22.06 pm $
Ah-hah! Although I had to substitute "%p" with "%P" to get
lower-case (?!). Wheee!
Thank you very much.
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