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What does your function do? It surely does not provide a counting of the files, does it? I get the following, as in how to call the function, but the function itself does not jive, man.

geokrowding
– geokrowding

2015-01-20 09:29:15 +00:00
Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 9:29
The function itself sets fine, but when I call it I get an error. That is from the command line. If I put your code in the bashrc file and run it. I get a count (though wrong), and it does not update with each cd into a different directory. I've updated question above. Thanks for the help.

geokrowding
– geokrowding

2015-01-21 02:38:58 +00:00
Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 2:38
I believe ya, but am just calling it as I see it. Perhaps it's worth mentioning I am running Cygwin? I have updated my exact PS1 command so that any mistakes can be seen.

geokrowding
– geokrowding

2015-01-21 02:47:12 +00:00
Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 2:47
v=c count_glob * (c=4)+

geokrowding
– geokrowding

2015-01-21 02:55:41 +00:00
Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 2:55
and (h=18)+ ... Yes, 4 directories and 18 hidden files (though 2 of those are . and ..)

geokrowding
– geokrowding

2015-01-21 02:57:05 +00:00
Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 2:57

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