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dracule
July 14th, 2008, 05:23 AM
is there an official name for this:

user@ubuntu:~$

that is in the terminal.

nothing serious. just aroused my curiosity

RiceMonster
July 14th, 2008, 05:26 AM
You mean PS1 (the prompt)?

Vitamin-Carrot
July 14th, 2008, 05:27 AM
I like to call it "hello my name is:"

LeoSolaris
July 14th, 2008, 05:38 AM
Yep, it's the PS1. It's configurable, too. Mine has the date and time on it.

LaRoza
July 14th, 2008, 05:43 AM
PS1='\e[01;31m\w\$\e[00m'


Here is mine!

(For those that can't tell, it is a simple ~$

the_hardy_kid
July 14th, 2008, 08:31 AM
Yep, it's the PS1. It's configurable, too. Mine has the date and time on it.
... How do you do this?

TSS
July 14th, 2008, 08:34 AM
... How do you do this?

Take a look: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html