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--- labs:custom_prompt [2022/01/20 20:15] – [Color Codes] admin
+++ labs:custom_prompt [2022/01/28 16:59] (current) – [Bash Escape Sequences] admin
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               \h     the hostname up to the first `.'
               \H     the hostname
-              \j     the  number of jobs currently managed by the
+              \j     the  number of jobs currently managed by the shell
-                     shell
+              \l     the basename of the shell's terminal  device name
-              \l     the basename of the shell's terminal  device
-                     name
               \n     newline
               \r     carriage return
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                      (e.g., 2.00.0)
               \w     the current working directory
-              \W     the  basename  of the current working direc
+              \W     the  basename  of the current working directory
-                     tory
               \!     the history number of this command
               \#     the command number of this command
-              \$     if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise  a
+              \$     if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $
-                     $
+              \nnn   the  character  corresponding  to  the octal number nnn
-              \nnn   the  character  corresponding  to  the octal
-                     number nnn
               \\     a backslash
               \[     begin a sequence of non-printing characters,