How to change prompt in ksh??

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2 total messages Started by Iqbal Qazi Sun, 09 Dec 1990 03:32

#1916

Author: Iqbal Qazi
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 1990 03:32

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My prompt is now:

fc173108@sparko:xxx:
   ^^^     ^^^  ^^^
    |       |    |
account  machine line#

and I would rather have my path shown, or the time, or just something else.

I mean, I know which account I'm in, and what machine I'm on.  I think
I need to stick something in my .kshrc file but I don't know what.

Anyone know?

Thanks,


Iqbal

Re: How to change prompt in ksh??

#1961

Author: sivesh pradhaan
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 20:07

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In article <2423@sparko.gwu.edu>, fc173108@seas.gwu.edu (Iqbal Qazi) writes:
|> My prompt is now:
|> 
|> fc173108@sparko:xxx:
|>    ^^^     ^^^  ^^^
|>     |       |    |
|> account  machine line#
|> 
|> and I would rather have my path shown, or the time, or just something else.
|> 
|> I mean, I know which account I'm in, and what machine I'm on.  I think
|> I need to stick something in my .kshrc file but I don't know what.



put PS1="what_ever_you_want_your_prompt_to_be" in your .profile

-Sivesh

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