On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote: > So a simplified version of my prompt setting is: > PS1="\[`tput smso`\]\h \@\[`tput rmso`\] \w\[`tput smul`\]\[`tput rmul`\]\\$ " What is the purpose of the second half (after the "\w")? Mark Geary -- Don't forget to stop and eat the roses.