Korn Shell (/bin/ksh)
vi .profile
add following line
PS1="$LOGNAME@`uname -n`$ " ; export PS1
Bash (/bin/bash)
# export PS1="promptstring"
\d : date in Weekday Month Date format
\h : hostname up to first "." i.e. hostname part in FQDN
\H : hostname i.e. FQDN
Example |
Result |
PS1="\d$ " |
Tue Sep 28$ |
PS1="\h$ " |
hostname$ |
PS1="\u@\h$ " |
user@hostname$ |
Description |
csh* |
ksh |
bash |
tcsh* |
zsh |
Current working directory |
$CWD |
$PWD |
\w |
%/ |
%/ |
Current working directory, with one's home directory by `~' |
$CWD:t |
$PWD##*/ |
\W |
%~ |
%~ |
Full hostname |
'uname -n' |
'uname -n' |
N/A |
%M |
%M |
Hostname up to the first '.' |
`hostname -s` |
`hostname -s` |
\h |
%m |
%m |
Start (stop) boldfacing mode |
%B (or %b) |
N/A |
N/A |
%B (or %b) |
%B (or %b) |
Start (stop) standout mode |
%S (or %s) |
N/A |
N/A |
%S (or %s) |
%S (or %s) |
Start (stop) underline mode |
%U (or %u) |
N/A |
N/A |
%U (or %u) |
%U (or %u) |
User name |
`whoami` |
`logname` |
\u |
%n |
%n |
The shell's tty that the user is logged in on |
%l |
N/A |
N/A |
%| |
%| |
The current history number |
%h |
N/A |
\! |
%h (or %!) |
%h (or %!) |
Name of the shell |
N/A |
N/A |
\s |
N/A |
N/A |
Time of day in 12-hour hh:mm AM/PM |
%t |
N/A |
\@ |
%t (or %@) |
%t (or %@) |
Time of day in 24-hour hh:mm |
%T |
N/A |
\A |
%T |
%T |
Time of day in 12-hour with seconds hh:mm:ss AM/PM |
%p |
N/A |
\T |
%p |
N/A |
Time of day in 24-hour with seconds hh:mm:nn |
%P |
N/A |
\t |
%P |
%* |
The day in 'dd' format |
%D |
N/A |
N/A |
%D |
N/A |
The month in 'Mon' format |
%w |
N/A |
N/A |
%w |
N/A |
The month in 'mm' format |
%W |
N/A |
N/A |
%W |
N/A |
The year in 'yy' format |
%y |
N/A |
N/A |
%y |
N/A |
The year in 'yyyy' format |
%Y |
N/A |
N/A |
%Y |
N/A |
The date in "Weekday Month Date" format |
N/A |
N/A |
\d |
N/A |
N/A |
The date in day-dd format |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
%w |
The date in Mon/dd/yy format |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
%W |
The date in yy-mm-dd format |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
%D |
The weekday in 'Day' format |
%d |
N/A |
N/A |
%d |
N/A |
Description |
csh* |
ksh |
bash |
tcsh* |
zsh |
References
[1] http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-ps1-10-examples-to-make-your-linux-prompt-like-angelina-jolie/
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