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What happens when you change the shell prompt?
Changes made through the permanent method do not apply in current shell session but they apply on all further sessions. Since the shell prompt is built from the environmental variable PS1, changing its value will also change the shell prompt.
How to change the default shell prompt in Linux?
Learn how to change the default Linux shell prompt temporarily and permanently. A Linux shell prompt is the place where we enter the command and by default receives the output of that command. It consists of a set of information that appears each time the shell is ready to accept a command.
Is there a way to change the command prompt?
There are two ways to change the shell prompt; temporarily and permanently. Changes made through the temporary method apply only in current shell session. At next login, default shell prompt restores automatically. Changes made through the permanent method do not apply in current shell session but they apply on all further sessions.
What does a Linux shell prompt look like?
A Linux shell prompt is the place where we enter the command and by default receives the output of that command. It consists of a set of information that appears each time the shell is ready to accept a command. The information is surrounded by brackets and followed by a dollar sign (for regular users) or a pound sign (for the root user).
How to revert back to default shell prompt?
Save the file and logout from current shell session. From next login session, we will get new shell prompt by default. To revert back to the default shell prompt, open .bashrc file again and remove the line that we added. That’s all for this tutorial.
How to change the host name of the shell prompt?
To display hostname with domain name, use \\H while to display it without domain name, use \\h. Once you know how to change the shell prompt temporarily, changing it permanently becomes piece of cake. To change it permanently, put your desired shell prompt string in the end of the file .bashrc.