On Mon, 15 Dec 2025, void wrote:
[0] I don't know why the host is echoed first either. It looks like this in
~/.profile:
RED="\033[1;37;41m"
RESET="\033[0;0m"
export PS1="\n\d \t\n${RED}\u@\h \w ${RESET} # "
The right way to do this in NetBSD's /bin/sh is:
```
set -o promptcmds
PSlit=$(printf '\1')
PS1='$(date +"%a %b %e %H:%M:%S")${PSlit}$(tput bold setaf 1)${PSlit}
$USER@$(hostname) $(pwd) ${PSlit}$(tput sgr0)${PSlit} # '
```
Note that there's no '\n' in that PS1. Don't know how to get a literal '\n'
into PS1.
-RVP
