From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 288cc63a for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 21:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5E096A19F2; Tue, 7 Aug 2018 07:01:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332D3A19D1; Tue, 7 Aug 2018 07:01:18 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=zick.io header.i=@zick.io header.b=mbD0rs2G; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b=HfvnQbrL; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3F39FA19D0; Tue, 7 Aug 2018 07:01:16 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 461 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:01:15 AEST Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C67EBA19CF for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2018 07:01:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE6921C08 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:53:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web2 ([10.202.2.212]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:53:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zick.io; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id :mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=xNquCtkrTqcfWhNpxZuPzGAvY8J2FpekGx4bmjbBmwQ=; b=mbD0rs2G WS1BUmeYv9rPv/CPY7/we/Yd6pZBHB6L4F1T8GcnDanore5lhnCiqjRqn3H/fB+J 53DT+Z8ZqChJf5b60HP8tZj5P9jAHQJBuvq0LfocA6rTKTC2laY9fNRjqCfq1ggz gXmPZOhGgxtBjzuC8tYNW9wIafhjcaW83Gtmdd67elSqcw1m8POjcKbp1GMRurrC tuskW+OOYqQfJ3nvichI1Y7icT9ImsJvR1rpryHGczyqAIwe+jCQf+9HRCc11TF/ syupPv+/MozvQ3EQZbsNODYygWIWWiLDhQJoKG4LSbb1RdVBGJKwnxYk54c3NHhZ obOKJyTMO8iqdA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:message-id:mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=xNquCtkrTqcfWhNpxZuPzGAvY8J2F pekGx4bmjbBmwQ=; b=HfvnQbrLxd6COPMX4XxXBdqXRar1de/6bJEO+qZFcEfyp sAXp8+Z3+ghhG7RLCM3ljQ6PwwZipx7t6RQPkT5r+Zcm04GYQNTUKMmk5snl4RLW YhlNOCw6SqCjJUfBiZtaSdeFnknAYpR1Z5sFQUBXLLSVlqC8gGvUZhm9OVWVFG50 tpbk3VzUHLZ29WkTKY2qg+qUa8KXmzOgpvSJxcSlyukhVFASozmHU2N18mSoxniO 6dBTc92leE0xcwQ1p6kVoXNuVN0DiANbLGEfVeeHRvqAq0vvji68y2ww/Orn2vj8 gEF/+wCx7sbB8Ymd4EZbNeMBUclbCdVnNG9ONFWtg== X-ME-Proxy: X-ME-Sender: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id 5A8AE621BF; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:53:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1533588813.1868321.1465431536.01CE36BC@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Brian Zick To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-2be8cd1b Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:53:33 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Origins of shell prompt suffixes % $ > # X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Hi, I usually just lurk on this list, but I've been curious lately about the origin of the symbols at the end of various interactive prompts. ksh (etc), bash, sh use $ for non-root, and # for root csh, tcsh and zsh use % for non-root and # for root fish and things like mysql, ftp, and interactive shells for a lot of scripting languages use > rc uses ; Where do these different conventions originate? B