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From: "Oliver, Michael W." <oliver.michael@gargantuan.com>
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Subject: RE: Shell prompt contest
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 23:35:17 -0500 
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I am not at the console much, so colors don't work for me too well.
However, a LF does make things nice a neat.  Here is what I use in BASH:


PS1="
\u @ \h  |  \w
# "

PS2="
\u @ \h  |  \w
PS2> "



Example:

root @ wolverine  |  /usr/local/etc/apache
#


This gives me a nice LF after any previous output, plenty of space on the
line to PWD, and another LF for the next command.  Not fancy, but gets the
job done....

===========
Michael Oliver





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