A question about shell (bash shell)

thomas2004ch · 08-27-2009, 01:28 AM

I log in to a linux and the shell looks as follow:

Code:

[root@s003ap02-test ~]#

Now I change to another user with su - myuser and the shell looks different as follow:

Code:

-bash-3.00$

What I want is somewhat like this:

Code:

[myuser@s003ap02-test ~]#

How can I change that?

linuxlover.chaitanya · 08-27-2009, 01:32 AM

# prompt is for root. $ is for normal user.

To get the # the prompt you need to be root.

vishesh · 08-27-2009, 01:49 AM

You can set whatever prompt you want
check enviroment variable PS1
By default prompt set by /etc/bashrc script.
Just check file /etc/bashrc, i think you will get your answer

thnks

tulsi · 08-27-2009, 02:00 AM

export PS1="[myuser@\h \W]"
display
[myuser@localhost ~]

if u want permanently above the name u will store .bashrc file.

colucix · 08-27-2009, 02:09 AM

Here is mine colorized in blue:

Code:

export PS1="\[\033[0;34m\][\u@linux \W]$\[\033[0m\] "

produces:

Code:

[alex@linux ~]$