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tcma
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 Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: bash shell prompt |
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My current bash shell prompt is:
bash-2.05b$
How to change it to:
$ |
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pjp
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mhodak
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Basically, PS1 enviromental variable controls prompt. If you want just $ put into your .bashrc and source it (or relogin). But propmt can be used to display useful information, such as username and current working directory. |
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chiatello
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| source /etc/profile, gave me the default one (which is like name@computer dir $) |
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enigma_0Z
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| mhodak wrote: | | Basically, PS1 enviromental variable controls prompt. If you want just $ put into your .bashrc and source it (or relogin). But propmt can be used to display useful information, such as username and current working directory. |
Actually, if you want the user-related symbol, you would have to escape the dollar sign:
Then, if you are root, you will get the # symbol, and if you are a user, you will get the $ symbol
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enigma_0Z
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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I also have a bash prompt related question...
In Eterm, my prompt is this:
| Code: | | username@hostname workingdirectory $ |
And if I change to root, it's still that same prompt (but of course with root@hostname)
Or, if I text login (eg. not GDM or KDM) as root, I get the same.
But, if I start Eterm like this:
Then I get this prompt:
why? and how can I fix it?
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chiatello
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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have to make it
'su -'
not 'su'
it updates the paths env variables or w/e, same thing as doing source /etc/profile |
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mhodak
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| enigma_0Z wrote: |
But, if I start Eterm like this:
Then I get this prompt:
why? and how can I fix it? |
DO what chiatello suggested, i.e. add a line into your .bashrc
| Code: | | source /etc/profile |
AFter this you will have the "username@hostname workingdirectory $" prompt in any terminal. |
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