Where do I edit the system wide command prompt?

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Where do I edit the system wide command prompt?

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04-12-2004, 11:48 PM	#1
Brakki Member Registered: Jun 2003 Distribution: Fedora Core 1 Posts: 33 Rep:	Where do I edit the system wide command prompt? ? I looked in /etc/skel, but didn't find where the PS1 variable is. I'm on Fedora Core 1.

04-13-2004, 12:02 AM	#2
tearinox Member Registered: Aug 2003 Location: you dont want to know Distribution: Gentoo 2004.2, Slackware 10, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server Posts: 348 Rep:	/etc/profile If you look down, it will say if bash PS1="/u@/w" else, blah blah or something like that, You can play with the stuff there.

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