https://github.com/eliahkagan/pipestatus

Put the last command's exit status(es) in your Bash prompt
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Put the last command's exit status(es) in your Bash prompt

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/eliahkagan/pipestatus
• Owner: EliahKagan
• License: 0bsd
• Created: 2024-04-25T01:23:07.000Z (7 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-25T01:27:52.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-25T02:38:42.649Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pipestatus - exit status(es) in Bash prompt

This puts the exit status of the last command, or all of its exit statuses if

it was a pipeline of multiple commands, into your Bash prompt. They are shown

if the command reported failure (i.e., had a nonzero exit status), or if any

command in the pipeline did.

To install, put `~/.pipestatus.bash` in your home directory, and add this code

at (or near) the end of your `~/.bashrc` file:

```bash

# add information to the prompt about nonzero exit statuses

. ~/.pipestatus.bash

```

This named after the Bash

[`PIPESTATUS`](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-PIPESTATUS)

array variable that it makes use of.

## License

[0BSD](https://spdx.org/licenses/0BSD.html). See [**`LICENSE`**](LICENSE).

## History

This was written back in 2023 but I didn't get around to publishing it widely

until mid-2024, when a bug (that `\[` and `\]` were not used to help the shell

correcty compute how many columns the prompt takes up in the terminal) was

fixed.

I think the positioning and styling is inspired by the way the defualt `fish`

prompt includes this information, but I am not sure.