RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in prompt

• "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com>

> Starting in VMS 7.0 or 7.1 (I forget which), you *can* use pipes:
>
> $ GREP := SEARCH SYS$PIPE
> $ PIPE SHOW SYSTEM | GREP ora_
>
> And it gets even better with "SET PROCESS/PARSE=EXTENDED" on the Alphas...
>
> :)

Uncle Kenny's ghost can enjoy them; the rest of us are on *NIX :-)

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