#functions 
ll() { ls -al $* ;} 
#date_ex() { date | awk '{print $2$3$4}' ;} 
#cp_date() { /bin/cp -p $* $*.`date | awk '{print $3$2$6}'` ;}



EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

HISTFILE=~/.sh_history
export HISTFILE

HISTSIZE=1024
export HISTSIZE



#  PS1="`hostname`.`whoami`>"

export PS1="
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$(/usr/ucb/whoami)@$(/bin/hostname) [\$PWD]
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--> "

PS2='you need to finish inputting...> '
$  . ./.profile

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john@wkstn [/export/home/john]
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