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From: rdp@spike.stars.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET (Richard Palmer)
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Subject: Re: Shouting the return code. (Re: Meaning of "rc" in cron/log)
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Date: 30 Jun 88 10:11:44 GMT
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In article <3671@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> flee@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) writes:

>Does ksh let you put the return code in the prompt? Something like
>PS1='($?) '?  Showing only non-zero return codes would be better.

PS1="\${?%0} $"  seems to do what you want.
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