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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DOS Style shell prompt
Date: 30 Oct 1995 14:34:55 -0000
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David E. O'Brien (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: Just wanted to get my favorate one in (bash):
: if [ "$PS1" != "" ]; then # this shell is interactive
: # for PWD to use ``~'' rather than $HOME in bash use: PS1=\h:\w"> "
: if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then
: PS1="\h(root):"'${PWD}'"> "
: else
: PS1="\h:\w> "
: fi
: fi # interactive
Bash also allows '\$' which expands to '$' or '#' depending on uid.
: for Zsh I use this:
: PS1=$HOSTNAME':%~> '
: Both Bash and Zsh are available in the package section on
: ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD
: -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....