On 3/9/06, Joe Szilagyi <js@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Have something I have tried to get working, unsuccessfully: > > PS1="\n\[`cat $HOME/file.txt`\] \n \@ \u@\h \w $ " > > Basically, wanting the bash prompt to always execute a command. It does not > update, unless bashrc is updated with source .bashrc. Is there any way > around this directly in the PS1 settings? If not, I saw more complex ways to > do similar things by defining functions, but was curious if there was a more > basic way to do this. you have to quote the `cat ` otherwise it is executed when you define PS1. Something like PS1="\n\[\`cat $HOME/file.txt\`\]\n \@ \u@\h \w $ " Should do the trick. NB $HOME is also evaluated at the point where you define PS1. Although probably unnecessary, you could delay that by using \$HOME instead of just $HOME.
