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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> zsh gives me \w<\$>

It appears that zsh is reading /etc/profile
because that's where PS1 (the prompt string)
is set to \w<\$>

For bash and ash, \w means: current directory
Apparently for zsh, \w means:  \w

It is possible to design /etc/profile to feed
different shells.  For example:
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if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh"  ]; then
 PS1="! $ "
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
 PS1="%n@%m:%~%# "
else
 PS1='\w<\$>'
fi
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The above will only work if $SHELL correctly
shows /bin/ksh and /bin/zsh for those shells.
You might want to check that first:
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echo $SHELL
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Cheers,
Steven
 
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