prompt

prompt

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Change the appearance of the prompt. Type prompt by itself (without text ) to reset the prompt to its default setting, or use this syntax:

 prompt [   text   ] 

Text can contain normal characters and the following special codes:

Char	Description	Char	Description
$_	Carriage return and linefeed	$h	Erase previous character
$$	$ (dollar sign)	$l	< ( less-than sign)
$a	& (ampersand)	$n	Current drive
$b	(pipe)	$p	Current drive and path
$c	( (left parenthesis)	$q	= (equal sign)
$d	Current date	$s	(single space)
$e	Escape character, for formatting	$t	Current time
$f	) (right parenthesis)	$v	Windows version number
$g	> (greater-than sign), karet

Examples

 prompt $p$g prompt $p$_$d$g prompt $n$g