prompt in csh

prompt in csh

set prompt="here comes the snake "

%/ - full path
%~ - used path (follows the cd command)
%. - relative path from ~
%c - relative path from ~
%M - $HOST (machine)
%m - $HOST | cut -d. -f1  (The hostname up to the first .)
%n - username

%? - return value of the last command (echo $?)
%h - history number of the current command
%\! - history number of the current command  (can be replicated by using the !number command)
%l - TTY
%j - The number of jobs


%t - time (hh:mmAM)
%@ - time (hh:mmAM)
%T - time (hh:mm)
%p - full time (hh:mm:ssAM)
%P - full time (hh:mm:ss)
%Y - year yyyy
%y - year yy
%W - month
%w - name of month (Jan, Feb..)
%D - day
%d - name of day

%B - bold, set
%b - bold, unset
%U - underline, set
%u - underline, unset
%S - standout mode, set
%s - standout mode, unset


%$ Expands the shell or environment variable name immediately after the `$'.
%# `>' (or the first character of the promptchars shell variable) for normal users, `#' (or the second character of promptchars) for the supe? ruser.
%{string%} Includes string as a literal escape sequence. It should be used only to change terminal attributes and should not move the cursor location. This cannot be the last sequence in prompt.
%? The return code of the command executed just before the prompt.
%R In prompt2, the status of the parser. In prompt3, the corrected string. In history, the history string.


# time ~/folder
set prompt="%U%T%u %. "

# user@host:~/folder
set prompt="%n@%m:%c "

# user@host:~/folder >
set prompt="%B%n@%m:%c >%b "

# user@host:~/folder 37>
set prompt="%B%n@%m:%c %h>%b "