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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeed.sovam.com!sovam!demos!carrier.kiev.ua!news.kharkiv.net!uanet.kharkov.ua!sline.gtm.kharkov.ua!sline.gtm.kharkov.ua!vadim From: Vadim Kostoglodoff <vadim@sline.gtm.kharkov.ua> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: prompt character Date: 5 Jun 1997 21:34:47 +0300 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5n70s7$6oq$1@sline.gtm.kharkov.ua> References: <5mktcs$kbf@sjx-ixn10.ix.netcom.com> <01bc6d49$8fc19540$0200a8c0@pip.accinform.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970309; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42464 Hello, Peter! 30 May 1997 22:33:42 GMT Peter Marks wrote: > > How do I change the prompt character? Or rather where? > Well, I use the shell called bash and the magic I use for my prompt > character is in my .profile file where I have: > PS1="\w> " > that gives me the following prompt: > /usr/home/peterm> > get the idea? Well, but that's true only if you're using bash :) -- With Best Regards Vadim "Slon" Kostoglodoff vadim@deneg.net [Team rm -rf /]