slackware cli entry numbers

Bob Barry · 09-06-2016, 07:20 AM

Every line I enter is numbered. Can someone tell me why? And how to stop the numbers? Thanks.

kjhambrick · 09-06-2016, 07:38 AM

Bob Barry --

Maybe it's in your PS1 Variable ?

Code:

echo $PS1

Look for the strings '\#' or '\!' in PS1 ( no quotes )

If that's the case, you can temporarily change it by resetting PS1.

Code:

man bash    # search for the PROMPTING Section

To make a permanent change ...

Code:

man bash    # search for the INVOCATION Section

1. look in ~/.bashrc for PS1= ... if it's there, fix it
2. look in ~/.bash_profile ...( ditto )
3. look in ~/.bash_login ...( ditto )
4. look in ~/.profile ...( ditto )
5. look in /etc/bashrc ( if it exists, ditto )
6. look in /etc/profile ...( ditto )

HTH.

-- kjh

Bob Barry · 09-06-2016, 10:46 AM

Thanks, it was a leading "!" in the PS1 in /etc/profile. Users of pdksh and ksh (me) were subjected to this, bash and csh users probably never noticed. Many thanks.

kjhambrick · 09-06-2016, 01:00 PM

Thanks for the feedback Bob Barry.

I see the '!' macro setting for PS1 in /etc/profile for ksh and pdksh.

I'll keep that in mind !

-- kjh