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I’m customizing my bash prompt (I use iTerm on OS X Lion), and have tried something like:
PS1='\n[\u]-> '
Just for simplicity, but after reloading my ~/.bash_profile, my prompt now says:
\n[\u]->
and not what I’m expecting to (a new line, followed by my username).
Any ideas?
How is the shell being invoked? If it’s as
sh, or possibly other ways, it won’t be interpreted. Tryecho $0