Might look something like this: ``` export PS1="\$(eval \$(/usr/local/bin/prompty \$?))" ``` Prompty would then output something like: ``` export SOMETHING=true; echo -n "*prompt*" ``` Would this allow for data to persist across prompty calls from the same shell session? Only one way to find out! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/716011/why-cant-environmental-variables-set-in-python-persist