Saturday, April 21, 2012

How To Change The Prompt


Hello friends how are you?????today i will share to all of you something really interesting about prompts in DOS and  Unix and Linux....


Microsoft DOS users:-


To change the prompt in MS-DOS you must utilize the prompt command followed by special codes used in conjunction with the prompt command. Below are some commonly used prompts.

prompt $p$g

Changes the prompt to the standard used prompt in MS-DOS listing the drive with the current path, similar to what is seen below.
C:\>

prompt $t $d$_$p$g

Change the prompt to list the time and date above the standard prompt, similar to what is seen below.
13:38:49.78 Mon 02/17/2003
C:\>


Unix and Linux users:-


Changing the prompt in Unix and Linux varies depending on what shell you are using.
If you are using the C Shell, type:

set prompt="`hostname`>"

Displays the hostname in the prompt, similar to the below prompt:
Computer>

set prompt="`pwd`>"

Displays the working directory with the prompt:
/root>

set prompt="`hostname`(`pwd`)>"

Displays the hostname along with the working directory:
Computer(/root)>



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