The prompt string is defined in the variable PS1 for the bourne shell. I believe that bash (bourne again shell ) also uses this variable. Note: you only need to set it, no need to export it to the environment.
First check to verify the shell you are running echo$shell then run a man page on the shell (if you want to get fancy , then code like the below should bring up the man page in preview... man -t bash | open -a preview -f But then again, google can find man pages, and there is actually a option in Google settings to indicate that you want a UNIX man page when you enter "man XXX" in the google search bar. Best wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn [email protected] On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Dear list, > > I am learning to change the terminal prompt. It now includes my machine name > and my user name, which is what I want to get rid of. I think that the prompt > is contained in an environment variable. I found that I can look at them by > using env without parameters, and that works. However, prompt is not in here. > Where do I need to look, to find the placeholders string that gives me my > prompt? > > Paul. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
