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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: A blank line before the unix prompt?
Keywords: prompt
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Date: 9 Aug 88 14:45:42 GMT
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If you're using the real shell, then you can do

PS1=`promptprog`

where promptprog is a program that generates the new prompt.

For example

PS1=`cat << END_CAT
$
$
END_CAT`

Will double up dollar sign prompts.

-Ron