Re: Why doesn't "cat" print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

[Paul Jarc]

vatbier <address@hidden> wrote:
> NO, the output of "cat /var/lock/subsys/dm" is written over by the
> prompt of my shell (dm has a number like 1114)
>   address@hidden home]$ cat /var/lock/subsys/dm
>   address@hidden home]$
> My system is Mandrake Linux 9.1 with bash v2.05b
> Is it possible to change this bash behaviour so that the prompt doesn't
> overwrite output of a command?

Yes: change your PS1 setting so it doesn't start with a carriage
return.


paul