* How to set the prompt?
@ 1999-09-19 10:39 Leonardo Pedrosa
1999-09-19 12:53 ` Doug Wyatt
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From: Leonardo Pedrosa @ 1999-09-19 10:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
experience I have this basic/fool question.
When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
2.02$
How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
Thank you.
Leonard
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* Re: How to set the prompt?
1999-09-19 10:39 How to set the prompt? Leonardo Pedrosa
@ 1999-09-19 12:53 ` Doug Wyatt
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Doug Wyatt
1999-09-19 17:51 ` Brendan Simon
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Leonardo Pedrosa
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Doug Wyatt @ 1999-09-19 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Date sent: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:35:20 -0300
From: Leonardo Pedrosa <lion@sti.com.br>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: How to set the prompt?
I would recommend getting a copy of the Bash manual and reading
about "Prompting". The shell variable which controls the initial
interactive session prompt is 'PS1'. For other interactive states
there are 3 others, PS2, PS3 and PS4. The manual tells you what
special values you may use for them.
There are many other good reasons to read the Bash manual, too.
Regards,
Doug
> Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
> experience I have this basic/fool question.
> When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
> 2.02$
> How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
>
> Thank you.
> Leonard
>
>
>
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* Re: How to set the prompt?
1999-09-19 10:39 How to set the prompt? Leonardo Pedrosa
1999-09-19 12:53 ` Doug Wyatt
@ 1999-09-19 17:51 ` Brendan Simon
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Brendan Simon
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Leonardo Pedrosa
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From: Brendan Simon @ 1999-09-19 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leonardo Pedrosa; +Cc: cygwin
Leonardo Pedrosa wrote:
> Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
> experience I have this basic/fool question.
> When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
> 2.02$
> How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
>
> Thank you.
> Leonard
>
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I have the following in my .bashrc file.
export PS1="[\h:\w]$ "
This sets the first prompt to the computers hostname followed by the
working directory. All this is surrounded by square brackets and a
dollar symbol. This is similar to the RedHat linux prompt. The "\h"
means host and the "\w" means working directory. You need to get some
bash documentation. "man bash" should do it if you have a linux machine
or the documenation stuff installed for your cygwin environment.
If your HOME variable is not set you will probably need to type "source
.bashrc".
Just try export PS1="[\w]$ " at the command prompt to test it.
Brendan Simon.
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* How to set the prompt?
1999-09-19 10:39 How to set the prompt? Leonardo Pedrosa
1999-09-19 12:53 ` Doug Wyatt
1999-09-19 17:51 ` Brendan Simon
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Leonardo Pedrosa
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Leonardo Pedrosa @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
experience I have this basic/fool question.
When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
2.02$
How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
Thank you.
Leonard
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* Re: How to set the prompt?
1999-09-19 12:53 ` Doug Wyatt
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Doug Wyatt
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From: Doug Wyatt @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Date sent: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:35:20 -0300
From: Leonardo Pedrosa <lion@sti.com.br>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: How to set the prompt?
I would recommend getting a copy of the Bash manual and reading
about "Prompting". The shell variable which controls the initial
interactive session prompt is 'PS1'. For other interactive states
there are 3 others, PS2, PS3 and PS4. The manual tells you what
special values you may use for them.
There are many other good reasons to read the Bash manual, too.
Regards,
Doug
> Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
> experience I have this basic/fool question.
> When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
> 2.02$
> How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
>
> Thank you.
> Leonard
>
>
>
> --
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>
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* Re: How to set the prompt?
1999-09-19 17:51 ` Brendan Simon
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Brendan Simon
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From: Brendan Simon @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leonardo Pedrosa; +Cc: cygwin
Leonardo Pedrosa wrote:
> Hello, I'm starting with the cygwin recently and cause my lack of
> experience I have this basic/fool question.
> When a I run Cygnus form Windows98 the prompt stay fixed at BASH.EXE
> 2.02$
> How can I set it like the "prompt $p$g" command of MS-DOS ?
>
> Thank you.
> Leonard
>
> --
> Want to unsubscribe from this list?
> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com
I have the following in my .bashrc file.
export PS1="[\h:\w]$ "
This sets the first prompt to the computers hostname followed by the
working directory. All this is surrounded by square brackets and a
dollar symbol. This is similar to the RedHat linux prompt. The "\h"
means host and the "\w" means working directory. You need to get some
bash documentation. "man bash" should do it if you have a linux machine
or the documenation stuff installed for your cygwin environment.
If your HOME variable is not set you will probably need to type "source
.bashrc".
Just try export PS1="[\w]$ " at the command prompt to test it.
Brendan Simon.
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