7 Aug
2018
7 Aug
'18
4:45 p.m.
Michael Kjörling <michael(a)kjorling.se> wrote:
I suspect I must stand corrected on this. Turns out that at least GNU
bash 4.4.12(1) seems to not like a `;` at the beginning of the command
line.
This is a consequence of the POSIX shell grammar, which doesn't allow
empty commands.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2013edition/utilities/V3_ch…
The prompt I have used since about 1997 (and I can't remember where I got
it from - somewhere on Usenet, probably) in its most distilled form is
:;
although in practice I have a load of extra fluff for username, hostname,
CWD, etc. usw.
Tony.
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