freeBSD How to you set the prompt

David Fleck david.fleck at mchsi.com
Thu Jul 29 06:51:51 PDT 2004


On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Dan wrote:

> Where and how do you set the prompt to show what user name that  your  on IE ROOT or user johndoe.
> Eample of what the end results I would like to see.
>
> # router1.pdx/chatusa.com user johndoe.

It depends on what shell you're using.  Read the man page for that shell, 
searching for information on the shell variable 'prompt'.

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David Fleck
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