Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt?
> E.g. Mypcname:# or Mypcname:$. I know there a lot of fancy
> things I can do. Is there a HOWTO I can look?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jimmy
I don't know that there's a HOWTO, but you can set the environment
variable PS1 to any string you like (including some dynamic things like
the current directory) and that changes your prompt. In bash/sh/ksh the
command:
PS1="`hostname`:$ "
should do what you want - there are about a bazillion variations on this
theme. My prompt is:
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id | grep root >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
export PS1="$PS1# "
else
export PS1="$PS1# "
fi
more or less, I'm not on my UNIX box now. One guy at work has a command
prompt that takes up at least 1/3 of the screen and more if he's far
down some directory tree. Yuck!
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