[Sussex] bash prompts

[Steve Dobson]

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Hi John

John Crowhurst wrote:
> I wonder what everyone uses as a prompt, mine is (with ANSI colours
> stripped out):
> 
> PS1=' -=(\u@\H)=- -=[\d $(date +%H:%M:%S)]=- \n[\w]\$ '
> 
> Which looks like this:
> 
>  -=(root at machine.domain)=-  -=[Tue Jul 28 15:07:18]=-
> [path]#
> 
> Its ideal if you work on more than one machine at a time.
> 

But it take up a lot of room.

I use a very simple one "\u@\h $ "

It tells me what user I am and which machine I'm on.  As I tend use use
machines with different names I don't need to be told the domain.  And
if I want to know the path its only a pwd(1) command away.  I found that
a short prompt the best.

Steve
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