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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-06-30 03:28:27 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-06-30 03:28:27 +0000
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Explained $PS1
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</literallayout>
<para>
-Additional environment variables, aliases and so forth that are
+The PS1 variable is an environment variable that controls the appearance of
+the command prompt. See the bash man page for details how this variable
+is constructed. Additional environment variables, aliases and so forth that are
needed and/or wanted can be added at your own discretion.
</para>