Re: regarding login prompt

[jadamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Joel J. Adamson)]

arnuld <geek.arnuld@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> i am a BASH user who is interested in using ZSH as my daily routine
> shell. this is from my "~/.bashrc"
>
> PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
>
> and my BASH prompt says:  "[arnuld@arch ~] $ "
>
> so i put that PS1 entry into my "~/.zshrc" file but when i login into
> ZSH i see that prompt is simply the same as the PS1 entry  and not
> like "arnuld@xxxxxxxx"
>
> how can i have a prompt like "[arnuld@arch ~] $ " in ZSH ?

You can have a prompt like whatever you want, man ;)

There is a themed prompt system available, and it sounds like what you
want is closest to the "redhat" theme.  I currently use "adam1" and at
home I use "adam2".

Joel

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