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From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DOS Style shell prompt
Date: 21 Oct 1995 22:18:32 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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Just wanted to get my favorate one in (bash):
if [ "$PS1" != "" ]; then # this shell is interactive
# for PWD to use ``~'' rather than $HOME in bash use: PS1=\h:\w"> "
if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then
PS1="\h(root):"'${PWD}'"> "
else
PS1="\h:\w> "
fi
fi # interactive
for Zsh I use this:
PS1=$HOSTNAME':%~> '
Both Bash and Zsh are available in the package section on
ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD
-- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)