From fd3e0d6ee9460cda9c5612ce3526718ea5815353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:04:55 +1200
Subject: Use builtins only for prompt job count

---
 bash/bashrc.d/prompt.bash | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash/bashrc.d/prompt.bash b/bash/bashrc.d/prompt.bash
index 6ecf44ba..8927e732 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.d/prompt.bash
+++ b/bash/bashrc.d/prompt.bash
@@ -168,8 +168,12 @@ prompt() {
 
         # Show the count of background jobs in curly brackets
         job)
-            if [[ $(jobs) ]]; then
-                printf '{%d}' "$(jobs | sed -n '$=')"
+            local jobc=0
+            while read -r line; do
+                ((jobc++))
+            done < <(jobs)
+            if ((jobc > 0)); then
+                printf '{%d}' "$jobc"
             fi
             ;;
     esac
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