[linux秘笈30]. PS2 - 持续交互的提示符
A very long command can be broken down to multiple lines by giving \ at the
end of the line. The default interactive prompt for a multi-line command is
“> “. Let us change this default behavior to display “continue->” by using PS2
environment variable as shown below.
ramesh@dev-db ~> myisamchk –silent –force –fast –
update-state \
> –key_buffer_size=512M –sort_buffer_size=512M \
> –read_buffer_size=4M –write_buffer_size=4M \
> /var/lib/mysql/bugs/*.MYI
[Note: This uses the default ">" for continuation
prompt]
ramesh@dev-db ~> export PS2=”continue-> ”
ramesh@dev-db ~> myisamchk –silent –force –fast –
update-state \
continue-> –key_buffer_size=512M –
sort_buffer_size=512M \
continue-> –read_buffer_size=4M –write_buffer_size=4M
\
continue-> /var/lib/mysql/bugs/*.MYI
[Note: This uses the modified "continue-> " for continuation prompt]
I found it very helpful and easy to read, when I break my long commands into
multiple lines using \. I have also seen others who don’t like to break-up long
commands.
