[LRUG] Last exit status in bash prompt

[Jim Myhrberg]

It took me a couple of hours just to switch from bash to zsh, 10-15 minutes adjusting certain things in my dotfiles, and the rest to play with and configure the new toys in zsh :)

On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 12:22, Andrew Stewart wrote:

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> On 9 Jan 2012, at 15:20, Andrew Stewart wrote:
> > I'm having trouble incorporating the exit status of the last command into my bash prompt. My prompt executes a couple of commands to display the current Ruby version and the current git status, and then I want to use the exit status of the last command to control the colour of the final character (e.g. $).
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> Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. It was interesting looking at the different solutions. In the end I went with Viktor's method of setting up PS1 in PROMPT_COMMAND.
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> https://github.com/airblade/dotfiles/blob/master/bash/prompt
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> As for switching to zsh, I've intended to ever since reading "From Bash to Z Shell" by Kiddle, Peek, and Stephenson about three years ago! One day I'll switch.
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> Thanks again,
> Andy
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