Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:01:48 -0500 (EST) From: "jamgill@uu.net" <jamgill@UU.NET> To: DragonRyder <dragonr@xmission.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prompt Help Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0202221148410.21661-100000@haiti.corp.us.uu.net> In-Reply-To: <E16dxGZ-0002O9-00@mail.xmission.com>
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Hi,
if you use tcsh:
set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
I've used FreeBSD for years and just a few weeks ago logged into a
friends' relatively recent install and the fortune(6) program gave me an
insightful hint for a "nice tcsh prompt". It has become my default prompt
everywhere since.
HTH
--gill
p.s.
Here are some tips from /usr/share/games/fortune/freebsd-tips
%
Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%m %# '
-- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
%
Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m%# '
-- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
%
Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m:%~%# '
-- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
%
Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m:%/%# '
-- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
%
Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
%
Simple tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%# '
-- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
%
Handy bash(1) prompt: PS1="\u@\h \w \!$ "
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, DragonRyder wrote:
> I am new to UNIX and FreeBSD. I just started the first month of a
> three month course on UNIX Programming. I am enjoying the class and
> look forward to learning more about this OS.
>
> My question is this...
> I don't like using pwd to determine where I am everytime I go to use a
> command. Is there a way of changing the prompt so I don't have to use
> the pwd all the time?
>
> NOTE: The server that I am using for my class is my own hard drive. We
> reformat the drives and install UNIX on a daily bases. Therefore, if I
> mess up on the commands and instructions you give me, I can always
> install and try again.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Jef Sullivan
>
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