From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 2 05:55:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14013 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:55:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14007 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:55:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freaker@null.net) Received: from shell1.thuntek.net (freaker@shell1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.21]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id GAA13849; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 06:55:15 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost by shell1.thuntek.net (8.8.8/client-1.3) id GAA09379; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 06:55:14 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 06:55:14 -0700 (MST) From: Jason Schwab X-Sender: freaker@shell1.thuntek.net To: Geoffrey Robinson cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting BASH Prompt In-Reply-To: <363DB3A8.1AACCE3@globalserve.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in the file /home/blah/.profile or /etc/profile put this: PS1="\u@\h(\w):" and you would get user@host(dir): - __________________________________ &&&&> FreaKeR <&&&& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ freaker@null.net | www.freaker.net Why is windows like an used car? It comes preowned. ---------------------------------- On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > How do you change the BASH prompts? The man page seems to leave a lot to be > desired on that. :) > > -- > Geoffrey Robinson > geoffr@globalserve.net > Oakville, Ontario, Canada. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message