prompt The string which is printed before reading each command from
the terminal. prompt may include any of the following format-
ting sequences (+), which are replaced by the given informa-
tion:
%/ The current working directory.
%~ The current working directory, but with one's home direc-
tory represented by `~' and other users' home directories
represented by `~user' as per Filename substitution.
`~user' substitution happens only if the shell has already
used `~user' in a pathname in the current session.
%c[[0]n], %.[[0]n]
The trailing component of the current working directory, or
n trailing components if a digit n is given. If n begins
with `0', the number of skipped components precede the
trailing component(s) in the format `/<skipped>trailing'.
If the ellipsis shell variable is set, skipped components
are represented by an ellipsis so the whole becomes
`...trailing'. `~' substitution is done as in `%~' above,
but the `~' component is ignored when counting trailing
components.
%C Like %c, but without `~' substitution.
%h, %!, !
The current history event number.
%M The full hostname.
%m The hostname up to the first `.'.
%S (%s)
Start (stop) standout mode.
%B (%b)
Start (stop) boldfacing mode.
%U (%u)
Start (stop) underline mode.
%t, %@
The time of day in 12-hour AM/PM format.
%T Like `%t', but in 24-hour format (but see the ampm shell
variable).
%p The `precise' time of day in 12-hour AM/PM format, with
seconds.
%P Like `%p', but in 24-hour format (but see the ampm shell
variable).
\c c is parsed as in bindkey.
^c c is parsed as in bindkey.
%% A single `%'.
%n The user name.
%N The effective user name.
%j The number of jobs.
%d The weekday in `Day' format.
%D The day in `dd' format.
%w The month in `Mon' format.
%W The month in `mm' format.
%y The year in `yy' format.
%Y The year in `yyyy' format.
%l The shell's tty.
%L Clears from the end of the prompt to end of the display or
the end of the line.
%$ Expands the shell or environment variable name immediately
after the `$'.
%# `>' (or the first character of the promptchars shell vari-
able) for normal users, `#' (or the second character of
promptchars) for the superuser.
%{string%}
Includes string as a literal escape sequence. It should be
used only to change terminal attributes and should not move
the cursor location. This cannot be the last sequence in
prompt.
%? The return code of the command executed just before the
prompt.
%R In prompt2, the status of the parser. In prompt3, the cor-
rected string. In history, the history string.
`%B', `%S', `%U' and `%{string%}' are available in only eight-
bit-clean shells; see the version shell variable.
The bold, standout and underline sequences are often used to
distinguish a superuser shell. For example,
> set prompt = "%m [%h] %B[%@]%b [%/] you rang? "
tut [37] [2:54pm] [/usr/accts/sys] you rang? _
If `%t', `%@', `%T', `%p', or `%P' is used, and noding is not
set, then print `DING!' on the change of hour (i.e, `:00' min-
utes) instead of the actual time.
Set by default to `%# ' in interactive shells.
