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Old October 27th, 2003, 02:01 AM
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bash variables
i would like that i see when im in the shell.
that i see which server, which user, which path

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Old October 27th, 2003, 08:15 AM
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>that i see which server
$ hostname

>which user
$ logname

>which path
$ $PATH
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Old October 27th, 2003, 10:16 AM
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bashprompt
sorry that i didn't ask in a understanding way.
i want to no how can i define variables of my bashprompt.

i want to have something like:

myserver:myuserwd>

i hope you all understand what i mean.



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Old October 27th, 2003, 11:48 AM
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>i hope you all understand what i mean
That was my second guess. You need to cast the incantation:
Code:
$ man bash

The shell man pages tell you exactly how to set up your prompt. If I just went and told you, you'd miss out on a lot.
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