Re: \@ in PS1

[Chet Ramey]

> I've read the docs and found out that \@ may act differently for some
> locales. Apparently english is one of those. My question is how do I
> make PS1="[\@ \w] " equal 
> 
> [04:31pm ~]
> 
> instead of
> 
> [04:31 PM ~]

It's up to strftime(3).  Bash uses the `%p' escape, which is replaced
by whatever the locale thinks a.m. or p.m. should be.

Chet

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