Re: Command Prompt

[Biju Chacko <biju_chacko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Read the BASH-Prompt HOWTO. Please post these queries to LIH. This list
is meant for non-technical discussions.

Biju

--- Toji Leon <tojileon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi
> Is there any way to display the current time as the
> command prompt? 
> if PS1="`date "+%H:%M:%S"` \W" is written, it'll display
> only the login time(of course, along with the current dir).
> I want 2 c the time of displaying the prompt each time 
> the prompt is displayed.
> Where'll the shell look for PS1 each time the prompt is
> displayed? Any file?
> thanks
> 
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