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Subject: RE: Hostname in shell (bash)?
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> Hi all,
> 
> I searched the archives and documents on bash, but I can't figure out 
> how to put the hostname of the workstation I am on before the 
> $ of the 
> shell/command line.  Does anyone know how to add the hostname 
> (preferably the first part - i.e. www, db1, etc) to the 
> command line for 
> bash 2.x?

I have this in my .bashrc and .bash_profile files (\h is hostname):

# set prompt
PS1="===[\h][\u] \w # "
PS2=">"