making vars in bash script accessible from shell

[Kevin D. Clark]

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> What exactly happens when you source a script (as opposed to executing it)?

The current shell runs the script instead of fork()-ing a new shell to
run it instead.

> What I'm doing is using the PROMPT_COMMAND variable to execute the shell [BAD WRAP]
> 
> The problem is that this seems to only work at the moment Ire-source .bashrc [BAD WRAP]
> 
> I suppose I need to escape the value of PROMPT_COMMAND so that it is not [BAD WRAP]

Is

   PROMPT_COMMAND='pwd | perl -ne "chomp; print substr(\$_, 0, 30);"'

what you want?

Regards,

--kevin
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