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Why does my Linux prompt show a $, instead of the login name and path?
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Mar 15, 202671928 viewsConfidence Score0%
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On one of my servers, the prompt is [user@host path]...and I can actually push "tab" to auto-fill the path. But on my new Ubuntu server, it is just a dollar sign?
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Fix for: Why does my Linux prompt show a $, instead of the login name and path?
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Since you are asking two questions, I'll answer both. Why doesn't tab autocomplete file paths? Because you shell either doesn't support it, or tab completion isn't turned on. To resolve this, you first need to discover what your shell is. On the mac…
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