bash: changing the prompt
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add following tou your .bashrc
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
PS1='[\u@\h][\w]\$ '
fi
(the file is/should be located in your homefolder, if it does not, look for .bash_profile, adding there should work too) the above shows [user@host][full path of working directory] and you might want to tweak it a bit
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
PS1='[\u@\h][\w]\$ '
fi
(the file is/should be located in your homefolder, if it does not, look for .bash_profile, adding there should work too) the above shows [user@host][full path of working directory] and you might want to tweak it a bit
michaelsanford
Translator, Web Developer
I'm pasting this here because I can't remember which manpage it is 
Code:
prompt The string which is printed before reading each
command from the terminal. prompt may include any
of the following formatting sequences (+), which
are replaced by the given information:
%/ The current working directory.
%~ The current working directory, but with one's
home directory represented by `~' and other
users' home directories represented by `~user'
as per Filename substitution. `~user' substi-
tution happens only if the shell has already
used `~user' in a pathname in the current ses-
sion.
%c[[0]n], %.[[0]n]
The trailing component of the current working
directory, or n trailing components if a digit
n is given. If n begins with `0', the number
of skipped components precede the trailing
component(s) in the format `/<skipped>trail-
ing'. If the ellipsis shell variable is set,
skipped components are represented by an
ellipsis so the whole becomes `...trailing'.
`~' substitution is done as in `%~' above, but
the `~' component is ignored when counting
trailing components.
%C Like %c, but without `~' substitution.
%h, %!, !
The current history event number.
%M The full hostname.
%m The hostname up to the first `.'.
%S (%s)
Start (stop) standout mode.
%B (%b)
Start (stop) boldfacing mode.
%U (%u)
Start (stop) underline mode.
%t, %@
The time of day in 12-hour AM/PM format.
%T Like `%t', but in 24-hour format (but see the
ampm shell variable).
%p The `precise' time of day in 12-hour AM/PM
format, with seconds.
%P Like `%p', but in 24-hour format (but see the
ampm shell variable).
\c c is parsed as in bindkey.
^c c is parsed as in bindkey.
%% A single `%'.
%n The user name.
%d The weekday in `Day' format.
%D The day in `dd' format.
%w The month in `Mon' format.
%W The month in `mm' format.
%y The year in `yy' format.
%Y The year in `yyyy' format.
%l The shell's tty.
%L Clears from the end of the prompt to end of
the display or the end of the line.
%$ Expands the shell or environment variable name
immediately after the `$'.
%# `>' (or the first character of the promptchars
shell variable) for normal users, `#' (or the
second character of promptchars) for the supe-
ruser.
%{string%}
Includes string as a literal escape sequence.
It should be used only to change terminal
attributes and should not move the cursor
location. This cannot be the last sequence in
prompt.
%? The return code of the command executed just
before the prompt.
%R In prompt2, the status of the parser. In
prompt3, the corrected string. In history,
the history string.
`%B', `%S', `%U' and `%{string%}' are available in
only eight-bit-clean shells; see the version shell
variable.
The bold, standout and underline sequences are
often used to distinguish a superuser shell. For
example,
> set prompt = "%m [%h] %B[%@]%b [%/] you
rang? "
tut [37] [2:54pm] [/usr/accts/sys] you rang? _
If `%t', `%@', `%T', `%p', or `%P' is used, and
noding is not set, then print `DING!' on the
change of hour (i.e, `:00' minutes) instead of the
actual time.
Set by default to `%# ' in interactive shells.