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List of available bash PS1 prompt replacement codes
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\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 | |
\e : an ASCII escape character (033) | |
\h : the hostname up to the first '.' | |
\H : the hostname | |
\j : the number of jobs currently managed by the shell | |
\l : the basename of the shell’s terminal device name | |
\n : newline | |
\r : carriage return | |
\s : the name of the shell, the basename of $0 (the portion following the final slash) | |
\t : the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format | |
\T : the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format | |
\@ : the current time in 12-hour am/pm format | |
\A : the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format | |
\u : the username of the current user | |
\v : the version of bash (e.g., 2.00) | |
\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 | |
\! : the history number of this command | |
\# : the command number of this command | |
\$ : if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $ | |
\nnn : the character corresponding to the octal number nnn | |
\\ : a backslash | |
\[ : begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could be used to embed a terminal control sequence into the prompt | |
\] : end a sequence of non-printing characters |
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