Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:57:10 -0800 From: Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Shell prompts Message-ID: <v0421012cb4b449e4424b@[209.239.239.22]> In-Reply-To: <006c01bf67c0$aff34240$030a0a0a@jonkmangarage.com> References: <004a01bf67bf$42b16640$030a0a0a@jonkmangarage.com> <007f01bf67bf$5bfec160$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com> <006c01bf67c0$aff34240$030a0a0a@jonkmangarage.com>
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You've neglected to tell us what shell you're using, so it makes
answering a little tougher. I use bash(1), which uses the PS1
environment variable to do what you want:
export PS1="\u in \w \$"
jon
At 12:46 AM -0500 1/26/00, Matthew Jonkman wrote:
>That tells me all I'd want to know, but how can I make the prompt itself be
>something to the effect of:
>
>Username in /etc/mail #
>
>Thanks
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