The Prompt (cont) My prompt looks like this: bri@hostname:/home/bri $ Created via .bashrc like this: PS1="\u@\h:\w\n\$ " Or created via .kshrc like this: if [ -w / ] ; then PS1=`whoami`@`hostname`:'$PWD # ' else PS1=`whoami`@`hostname`:'$PWD $ ' fi