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[[!meta title="My Bash and Zsh prompt"]]
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This article is for those who wonder how my very simple, but helpful prompt
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in the shell is created and to learn the motivation behind it.
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## How it looks like
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[[!img bash-zsh-prompt-screenshot-20111125.png alt="Bash/Zsh Prompt"]]
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## How it is created
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Bash:
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PS1='[\t] \[\033[1m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\W\$ '
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Zsh:
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PS1="[%T] %B%m%b:%c%# "
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## Motivation
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* I need the hostname to know on which box I am working
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* Time is helpful for copy & paste in logs (and to not waste space with ***xclock***)
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* Short directory name (\W, %c) is helpful, long paths make the prompt
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unusable and I usually know which tree I am in (if not: pwd helps)
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* No need for **username@** like most distros do: If I am a user,
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I am ***nico*** (***$*** in bash, ***%*** in zsh). Otherwise I am root (***#***).
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[[!tag config sysadmin unix]]
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