Put it in /etc/bashrc
I use: PS1='\w\n\u\$ '
You don't have to logout and log back in. Just enter: . /etc/bashrc
Dennis
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> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, David Krings wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi !
> >
> > Thank you very much for your mail. If i type PS1='\h:\w\$' in
> directly and
> > press enter, it works fine. If I put that into my etc/profile file
> > commenting the old PS1 line, it works as long as i do not logout. After
> the
> > next login it is like before again.
> >
> > Ray Olszewski wrote me to add these lines:
> >
> > PS1='\h:\w$'
> > export PS1
> >
> > This doesn't work at all, neither entering it directly nor
> putting it in
> > the file. Basically it is the same as you told me and i guess he just
> > forgot the \ in front of the $ (i tried both versions, none works).
>
> That's strange. It works for me, except the last character is always a
> $. I didn't tell you to export it because the export is already in the
> initialization file.
> >
> > Any idea why ? Any idea for another way ?
> >
> <From a casual look at my Cheap Bytes RedHat 5.0 rpmlist it looks like
> RedHat changes both the filename and the manpage, and man bash _should_
> tell you (near the end, in FILES) that it uses /etc/bashrc for
> system-wide initialization. Try changing PS1 there before you panic. :-)
>
> I make an rpmlist by cd'ing to the RPMS dir on a RH cd and doing
> rpm -qilp * >~/rpmlist
>
> That give me a file with the package descriptions and file list that's
> very useful for finding my way around RedHat.
>
> > I'm running RedHat 5.2 and have only root as user.
> >
> Make a non-root user and get in the habit of using it when you don't
> need to administer the system. Please. :-). It is fairly easy for
> root to do a lot of damage with a small typo.
>
> > Thanx and Greez >
> > Dave
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
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>
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