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BASH Prompt - znx - 2007-07-17
Lets be honest, everyone at some point has to dive into the shell under Linux. It could be a rather boring and annoying trip if your shell prompt is just:
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znx $Not only is that unhelpful its *YAWN* So how to spice it up .. well simple, take a look at moveax's quick introduction into how to do it.
Mine is rather simple looking at the moment:
mark@tone
~ %
The first bit is simply, my username at the hostname. Then the current working directory.
Hrrrm, time to spice it up again I think :)
BASH Prompt - magikman - 2007-07-18
Quote:Lets be honest, everyone at some point has to dive into the shell under Linux. It could be a rather boring and annoying trip if your shell prompt is just:His tutorial looks very, very familiar! I wonder where he got that idea! <_></_>
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Not only is that unhelpful its *YAWN* So how to spice it up .. well simple, take a look at moveax's quick introduction into how to do it.
Mine is rather simple looking at the moment:
mark@tone
~ %
The first bit is simply, my username at the hostname. Then the current working directory.
Hrrrm, time to spice it up again I think :)
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