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 HOWTO: Change your Shell Prompt |
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 Posted by Understudy on Sunday December 15, @12:38PM
from the show us your prompts dept.
In my last article, I explanied how to change your shell. This article is on how to change your shell prompts. Please show us your prompt(s).
This article is very large almost 60k with no .jpegs. So I am hosting it on my site and backlinking to this one. This article will show you how to customize you prompts for the 6 most common shells. They are Bourne, Korn, BASH, Z, TC,and C. Here is the breakdown on the article.
The entire article from the top.
Just want to deal with a certain shells here ya go.
The Bourne Shell
The Korn Shell
BASH
The Z Shell
The TC Shell
The C Shell
The table for the shell prompt variables
That part covers just basic prompt changing. You can also add colors to your prompt. Provided your terminal supports them. Some of the color information.
The color prompts section
The ANSI color table
Text background colors
Attributes
How to color the different shells:
The Bourne Shell
The Korn Shell
BASH
The Z Shell
The TC Shell
The C Shell
And the lazy shell change:
The Interactive Non Login Shell
The Bourne Shell
The Korn Shell
BASH
The Z Shell
The TC Shell
The C Shell
Finally the lazy prompt change:
The Lazy Prompt Change
The Bourne Shell Lazy Prompt Change
The Korn Shell Lazy Prompt Change
The BASH Lazy Prompt Change
The Z Shell Lazy Prompt Change
The TC/C Lazy Prompt Change
That's it. Now show us your prompt. If you have cool website that would also be helpful please make a reply. Thanks.
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