"ready eddie" Shell prompt :-)
Roger Rohrbach
roger at rtech.UUCP
Sat Jan 4 19:40:15 AEST 1986
Enclosed is a script which will produce a file called `eddie',
which will cause your boring, old shell prompt to be replaced by a
new one named "ready eddie". eddie was born on a PR1ME computer,
whose command language provides for two prompt strings, the normal
("ready") prompt, and another ("error") prompt that is displayed
after a command has failed (Unix approx. "exits with a non-zero
status"). eddie normally wore a placid expression:
{o >o
\ -) -yes?
Which changed to a quizzical one after a mistake was made:
{o >o
\ ~) -huh?
On Unix, eddie is blase; you can `rm /' and he won't bat an eye.
Just cut out the script, put it in a file, make it executable,
and run it, naming your brand of shell if it's different than $SHELL.
(enclosure)
--------------------------------cut-here---------------------------------------
:
# "ready-eddie" (c) 1986
case ${1-"$SHELL"} in
*csh)
command='set prompt = "{o >o\
\ -) yes? "'
file=".login"
include="source"
;;
*)
command='PS1="{o >o
\ -) yes? "'
file=".profile"
include='.'
;;
esac
echo "$command" > eddie
echo "
Now just add the contents of the
file \`eddie' to your \`$file',
or type \`$include eddie' to try eddie.
"
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