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Re: Detecting whether one is using SSH

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From: "Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Detecting whether one is using SSH
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:10 -0500 (EST)
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, RenÃ 'Necoro' Neumann wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm just wondering if it is possible to detect whether one is logged in 
> via SSH. I want to use it to switch to a different prompt color in that 
> case.

Personally, I use the test: [ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]

e.g.:
[ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ] && prompt_color=green || prompt_color=blue

Best,
Ben

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