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I want to hide username@solaris in a Unix shell.

I would like something like this:

$ ls -l

Instead I have this:

user@solaris:~$ ls -l
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    This isn't a programming question Oct 10, 2011 at 18:09

2 Answers 2

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If by "something like" you mean: '$' when normal user, '#' when root then put

PS1=\$

in your .profile

Otherwise use

PS1=$
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    This makes a good point. You should use different prompts for root vs other users like CharString suggests.
    – chown
    Oct 10, 2011 at 18:19
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In /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc change the PS1 environment variable to PS1=$. Or add a new line if no PS1 already exists with:

PS1=$ 

Then, run this:

source /etc/bashrc

Or:

source ~/bashrc

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