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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:31:28 +0800
From:      Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Change Prompt 
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011026173002.00a44de0@po.pacific.net.sg>

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Hi ;
 > I use bash shell in my FreeBSD machine . How do I change a promt from
 > "$" to "#" when I login as superuser from normal user to root ?
 >
 >
 > my .bashrc script looks as following .....
 >
 > PS1="[\u@\h: \w]\$ "
 > alias ls='ls -F'
 > alias cp='cp -i'
 > alias mv='mv -i'
 > alias rm='rm -i
 >
 >
 > Another question , what is the function of PS2 and when to use it ? Please
 > advise ....


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