capture the PS1 value from a script

[facnj11]

I suspect it is not possible, but just not sure why..

my PS1 is defined as my_login_name@hostname:current_path

using the script did not show anything
#!/bin/sh
PROMT_PATH=`echo $PS1`
echo $PROMPT_PATH

using perl did not help
#!/usr/bin/perl
$current=$ENV{PS1}; print ("$current")

any idea to make it work?

thanks

[RobinVossen]

#!/usr/bin/perl
print $ENV{'PS1'};

Should work, in perl. ( Ill try this for you in my Break).
But, run this with perl -w and tell me the output already.

Cheers,
Robin

[JeffreyCao]

PS1 environment variable is defined in /etc/profile, which is for login shell. When you put it into your script file and execute it, it's in non-login shell.