Re: Tweeking the PS1 (in ksh)

On 16/06/2026 2:10 am, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> Must be ksh -- stuff on website-pages
> simpling dont work.
> 
> I want the prompt changed:
> 
> Black-text  on white background.
> Text is "tgruhn$ "

This is what I would use.

PROMPT="%K{white}%F{black}%n@%m:%~> %f%k "

%n - your name
%m - your host

Play around.

Your ultimate guide to zsh (search for "PROMPT_PERCENT") for all the magic zsh stuff:

https://www.bash2zsh.com/zsh_refcard/refcard.pdf

Regards,
MJ

> 
> Thanks -- it seems to be so hard.