Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:22:21 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prompts Message-ID: <19980117182221.37408@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199801151522.IAA03272@idfw.com>; from Frank Griffith on Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 09:25:33AM -0600 References: <199801151522.IAA03272@idfw.com>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 09:25:33AM -0600, Frank Griffith wrote: > I have been looking at some of the docs and several > e-mail responses. The % prompt keeps showing up. > However, in using FreeBSD as root I only see a # prompt > and when logged in as other user I see the $ prompt. > > How do I get to the % prompt? That depends on why you want it. The simple answer is: Enter $ PS1='% ' % The prompts you get come from the Bourne Shell. The % prompt is the default prompt for the C shell. Unless you have a good reason to prefer the C shell (the prompt is obviously not a good reason), stick with the Bourne shell or one of its derivatives (bash (my favourite), zsh or pdksh). If you really want csh, you can use 'chsh' to change it. Greg
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