Editing Linux 101 hacks (section)

=='''Hack 41. Create your own prompt using the available codes for PS1 variable'''==


Use the following codes and create your own personal PS1 Linux prompt that is functional and suites your taste.


o \a an ASCII bell character (07)


# \d the date in “Weekday Month Date” format (e.g., “Tue May 26″) 

# \D{format} - the format is passed to strftime(3) and the result is inserted into the prompt string; an empty format results in a locale-specific time representation. The braces are required 

o \e an ASCII escape character (033)59
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| colspan="2"  style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o \h the hostname up to the first part
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| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o
| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| \H the hostname
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| colspan="3"  style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o \j the number of jobs currently managed by the shell

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| colspan="3"  style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o \l the basename of the shell’s terminal device name

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| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o
| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| \n newline
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| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| o
| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| \r carriage return
| style="border:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.075in;padding-right:0.075in;"| 

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# \s the name of the shell, the basename of $0 (the portion following the final slash) 

o \t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format o \T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format o \@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format o \A the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format


o \u the username of the current user o \v the version of bash (e.g., 2.00)


o \V the release of bash, version + patch level (e.g., 2.00.0)


# \w the current working directory, with $HOME abbreviated with a tilde 

# \W the basename of the current working directory, with $HOME abbreviated with a tilde 

o \! the history number of this command


o \# the command number of this command


o \$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $


o \nnn the character corresponding to the octal number nnn o \\ a backslash


# <nowiki>\[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could be used to embed a terminal control sequence into the prompt </nowiki>




o \] end a sequence of non-printing character