zsh config

.zshrc

# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay close to the top of ~/.zshrc.
# Initialization code that may require console input (password prompts, [y/n]
# confirmations, etc.) must go above this block; everything else may go below.
if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh" ]]; then
  source "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh"
fi

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"

# Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
# load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case,
# to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME
# See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
# "robbyrussell"

# Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random
# Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load
# a theme from this variable instead of looking in $ZSH/themes/
# If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect.
# ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" )

# Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion.
# CASE_SENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion.
# Case-sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable.
# HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment one of the following lines to change the auto-update behavior
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode disabled  # disable automatic updates
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode auto      # update automatically without asking
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder  # just remind me to update when it's time

# Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days).
# zstyle ':omz:update' frequency 13

# Uncomment the following line if pasting URLs and other text is messed up.
# DISABLE_MAGIC_FUNCTIONS="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls.
# DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title.
# DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
# ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"

# Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion.
# You can also set it to another string to have that shown instead of the default red dots.
# e.g. COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="%F{yellow}waiting...%f"
# Caution: this setting can cause issues with multiline prompts in zsh < 5.7.1 (see #5765)
# COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files
# under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories
# much, much faster.
# DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
# stamp shown in the history command output.
# You can set one of the optional three formats:
# "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
# or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications,
# see 'man strftime' for details.
# HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"

# Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder

# Which plugins would you like to load?
# Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
# Custom plugins may be added to $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/
# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.
plugins=(
  git
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
  zsh-autosuggestions
  )

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

# User configuration

# export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"

# You may need to manually set your language environment
# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
# if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
#   export EDITOR='vim'
# else
#   export EDITOR='mvim'
# fi

# Compilation flags
# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
#
# Example aliases
# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"

# To customize prompt, run `p10k configure` or edit ~/.p10k.zsh.
[[ ! -f ~/.p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.p10k.zsh

Just enter your username, leave out the machine.

Still doesn't work

I had trouble too. Finally got it to work DEFAULT_USERNAME=username
My mistake was I put spaces around the '='. Don't include the machine and don't use quotes around the username

DEFAULT_USER=whoami

There are backticks around the command whoami.

ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh#2033

For me worked with export DEFAULT_USER="username". Its worth mentioning that this didn't work for me with other themes, like pygmalion for example.

Just got it working - this shows no username/computer name in the Terminal at all. Using iTerm2 and zsh.

export DEFAULT_USER='whoami'

(Use ` backticks around whoami)

Adding export DEFAULT_USER=whoami`` in ~/.zshrc did the trick for me.

ugh none of these worked for me, did it just like @ccharlton with export DEFAULT_USER=whoami``

The agnoster.theme has this section

# Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER@%m"
  fi
}

So you need to export USER=whoami`` in the ~/.zshrc.

Still no luck for me $DEFAULT_USER="username" hides everything from the prompt I still want to display the username

@himynameisbeni modify the following in the agnoster.zsh-theme file:

# Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER@%m"
  fi
}

to:

# Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER"
  fi
}

dropping the @%m machine name.

This doesn't work on the pygmalion theme. Does anyone have a work around?

gedit ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/agnoster.zsh-theme
Find these:

Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)

prompt_context() {
if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER@%m"
fi
}
If you want to let her display anything, you should drop the '$USER@%m', also you can use any words to change them.

@ubuntu 14.04 DEFAULT_USER=myusername worked just fine

@ubuntu 14.04 DEFAULT_USER=myusername worked just fine also

I tried a bit and at the end it shows: DEFAULT_USER is case-sensitive

Just 'adben' and 'agnoster' themes support this feature.

Using Mac OS X with iTerm2 and zsh with the agnoster theme, simply using:
export USER=ARBITRARYNAMEHERE
where the arbitrary name is surrounded by back ticks.

I'm using Mac OS X with iTerm2 and ohmyzsh with agnoster theme

USER=``

works for me to hide the username@hostname

Please don't use that workaround (USER=""), it could mess up certain commands or functions. Better use either of these:

DEFAULT_USER=$USER

# or

prompt_context() {}

agnoster wiki section.

try

DEFAULT_USER=`whoami`

Regarding these two comments:
@dnlr

For me worked with export DEFAULT_USER="username". Its worth mentioning that this didn't work for me with other themes, like pygmalion for example.

@rastalamm

This doesn't work on the pygmalion theme. Does anyone have a work around?

I had the same problem and found the below works:

  # Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
  prompt_context() {
    if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
      base_prompt='%{$fg[magenta]%}%n%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[cyan]%}@%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[yellow]%}%m%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[red]%}:%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[cyan]%}%0~%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[red]%}|%{$reset_color%}'
    fi
  }
  base_prompt='%{$fg[cyan]%}%0~%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[red]%}|%{$reset_color%}'

Drop the above snippet in place of the line below in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/pygmalion.zsh-theme:

base_prompt='%{$fg[magenta]%}%n%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[cyan]%}@%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[yellow]%}%m%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[red]%}:%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[cyan]%}%0~%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[red]%}|%{$reset_color%}'

The docs for prompt expansion in zsh as per ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh#5904: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html

try

DEFAULT_USER=`whoami`

It works for me. Thanks @shutterfly

try

DEFAULT_USER=`whoami`

Thanks. It works

ah that's not working for me either (iTerm2 + agnoster)

Please don't use that workaround (USER=""), it could mess up certain commands or functions. Better use either of these:

DEFAULT_USER=$USER

# or

prompt_context() {}

agnoster wiki section.

Thanks! This worked for me. iterm2 + agnoster

According to the Readme you can just remove segments with

export AGNOSTER_PROMPT_SEGMENTS[X]=

I used export AGNOSTER_PROMPT_SEGMENTS[2]= to remove the user

@himynameisbeni modify the following in the agnoster.zsh-theme file:

# Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER@%m"
  fi
}

to:

# Context: user@hostname (who am I and where am I)
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USER" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER"
  fi
}

dropping the @%m machine name.

Worked fine for agnoster. I just needed my machine name hence removed $n@ (actually it was not @user). It worked!

try

DEFAULT_USER=`whoami`

Thanks it worked for me.

This worked