Pathname in prompt, not FAQ, really.

/32767 tif at doorstop.austin.ibm.com
Wed Jun 13 06:59:22 AEST 1990


In article <MEISSNER.90Jun12111358 at curley.osf.org> meissner at osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes:
>In addition, both bash & ksh allows you to run arbitrary commands in
>your prompt, via the $(command) syntax.

Really?  I have been unsuccessful in doing this with ksh.
Please demonstrate.

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