PS1-4

export PS2="continue->"

cat ps4.sh

export PS4='$0.$LINENO+ '

set -x

echo "PS4 demo script"

ls -l /etc/ | wc -l

du -sh ~

ramesh@dev-db ~> ./ps4.sh

../ps4.sh.3+ echo 'PS4 demo script'

PS4 demo script

../ps4.sh.4+ ls -l /etc/

In the PS1 environment variable, you
can directly execute any Linux

command, by specifying in the format
$(linux_command). In the following

example, the command $(date) is
executed to display the current time inside

the prompt.

ramesh@dev-db ~> export PS1="\u@\h
[\$(date

+%k:%m:%S)]>