Unix Tip #2 (Command Prompt)

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Customize your command prompt.


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3 Responses to Unix Tip #2 (Command Prompt)

  1. Kieran says:
    April 6, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Another excellent tip. Been wanting to get rid of the host name for a while. Keep up the good work!

  2. Andy Ferra says:
    April 8, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Here’s mine. Shows working directory and current git branch. Formatting is especially nice too IMO.

    http://gist.github.com/68269

  3. Mat Schaffer says:
    April 18, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    Nice work on these tips!

    I found that after a lot of this sort of stuff my profile got unmanageable. So now I keep a .profile.d folder and keep that on github: http://github.com/matschaffer/profile