Hi, 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. -- John Crowhurst John's Computer Support