Is it possible to change my terminal window prompt text?
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Mar 15, 20264130 viewsConfidence Score0%
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My terminal window default prompt text takes up too much space (I guess my computer name is too long). Can I customize this?
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Yes, it is customizable with the environment variable. You can set it by putting something like this in your or file: If you want a very simple bash prompt that doesn't take up much space at all (which seems to be what you're looking for) you can se…
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