Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Johan Scheepers
Chris Geldenhuis wrote: > Vnpenguin wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 23:02, Johan Scheepers >> wrote: >> >>> John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > >> [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ >>

Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Geldenhuis
Vnpenguin wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 23:02, Johan Scheepers wrote: > >> John R Pierce wrote: >> >>> On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >>> Good day, > [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ > How/where could I make the above a

Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Vnpenguin
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 23:02, Johan Scheepers wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >>> Good day, >>> [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ >>> How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. >> >> A) choose a shorter hostname >> >> B) change your defa

Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Johan Scheepers
John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> Good day, >> >>> [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ >> How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. > > A) choose a shorter hostname > > B) change your default prompt via an export PS1= in $HOME/.bashrc > > > see

Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > >> [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ > How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. A) choose a shorter hostname B) change your default prompt via an export PS1= in $HOME/.bashrc see http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO

Re: [CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Vnpenguin
Just for prompt ? If yes, just play with PS1 : export PS1="\...@myhost \w" If not I think you have to change your hostname, right ? On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 21:36, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > >> [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ > > How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. >

[CentOS] Terminal - name too long

2010-11-25 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, > [jo...@unknown2a68 ~]$ How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. Thanks Johan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos