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Cade Ward
Cade Ward
8,537 Points

Jim Hoskin's Terminal Bash Prompt

Jim Hoskins -

I love your bash prompt's PS1. Would you mind sharing the code?

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

This should get you started how to setup a custom bash prompt

Personally this is how I setup mine:

sara [~] $ echo $PS1
\h [\W] $

Is this basically the extra credit of the Environment and Redirection Badge?