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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:18:36 +0800
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From: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
Subject: Change Prompt
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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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