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Posted by Seyoung Kwak
Seyoung Kwak
9,091 Points

How to change(customize) prompt in mac?

I tried to change the command line prompt in my macbook and the task seem like a lot more challenging than I thought. I tried:

nano .bashrc export PS1="\u\W$"

but got error message when I writeout(^o). Anyone knows how to change prompt or tell me what I did wrong? Thanks!

Seyoung Kwak
Seyoung Kwak
9,091 Points

I actually found very useful information about the subject and changed my prompt!! http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tip-prompt/

1 Answer

Ryan Duchene
PLUS
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points
Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

Great job on solving it! For everyone else, note that Macs do not use a .bashrc file; they use the .bash_profile file instead.