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Re: Does zsh have equivalent to $PROMPT_COMMAND

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From: Steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tom Kirkpatrick <tomk@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Does zsh have equivalent to $PROMPT_COMMAND
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 18:07:58 -0700
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:59:08 PDT." <Pine.SUN.3.95.970423155420.756A-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> 	The only feature of bash i miss in zsh is the variable
> $PROMPT_COMMAND if set in .bashrc everytime you login for the entire
> session the command defined as the variable, is executed before each
> prompt.

Zsh does not have a $PROMPT_COMMAND variable, AFAIK. Instead, you can
define the precmd _function_ which is executed before each prompt.
Other special functions are listed in the zshmisc(1) man page.

Using a function for this is more logical than using a variable, IMHO.

References:
- Does zsh have equivalent to $PROMPT_COMMAND
  - From: Tom Kirkpatrick

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