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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:56:40 +0000
From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
To: Sebastian Stark <sstark+zsh@mailbox.org>
Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic parameters for PROMPT_SUBST functions
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Sebastian Stark wrote on Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:32 +0200:
> I am trying to have a function call in my prompt that gets the return=20
> value of the last command as a parameter (%?).

What would you do with =C2=AB%?=C2=BB if you could get its value?

> In this example I write the parameter to a file, because if I just print=
=20
> it it would get printed as a literal %? and expanded later and thus hide=
=20
> the issue I am facing

You could also print to /dev/tty.

Cheers,

Daniel