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[deprosun]

$ PS1="[\d \t \u@\h:\w ] $ "


[Sat Jun 02 14:24:12 vivek@server:~ ] $

How to make my command prompt look like

Sat Jun 02 14:24:12 vivek@server:myDirectory!

while "myDirectory!" is a customized string that only shows when im in my home directory. New to this!

Thanks & Regards
:)

[ysangkok]

You can use PROMPT_COMMAND to store the variable part of your PS1 in an environment variable. Don't output directly from PROMPT_COMMAND as this page does. It is confusing and less flexible.