Re: Some dumb questions born of frustration

Jeffery Mewtamer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.blinux.general
Message-ID <CAO2sX311hekq-rUfrFS6xCf0rPmnuD+Wc7p0az=aMyyeiQy8jA@mail.gmail.com>
Okay, I didn't have a .bashrc, so I created one and put the line

export PS1='\$'

in it. Even after a reboot, I'm still greeted by the familiar
username@hostname:workingDirectory$ prompt, so evidently, there's more
to a minimal .bashrc to change the default prompt.

-- 
Sincerely,

Jeffery Wright
President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.
Former Secretary, Student Government Association, College of the Albemarle.
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