Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:14:34 -0500 From: pete collins <pcollins@ocsny.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: setting bash prompt Message-ID: <36A60EFA.641F2136@ocsny.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990120135600.28221A-100000@gate1.ilhadamagia.com.br>
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i added my dot profile file as below and it works great! date and everything which i discovered purely by accident! PS1="\u@\h \d $ " SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash export SHELL however where are these commands from \u and \h i know what they mean but not why or where?? how do i add (pwd) to the prompt also so i know which directory i'm currently at? and how do i get this prompt to appear in an xterm?? thanks pete To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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