issue with my prompt on tcsh

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Hi, issue with my prompt, other gets their name, my comes with command number. Why?

 
{118} /home/markb > echo $SHELL
/bin/tcsh
{119} /home/markb > echo $SHELL
/bin/tcsh
{120} /home/markb >

my .cshrc has this....

set prompt="%{\033[32m%}{\!}%{\033]0;%n@%M  :    %~%L  \007%} `pwd` >%{\033[0m%} "

any idea?

2

Try removing {\!} from your prompt set.

3

Yes. that worked, now I updated the above prompt code to have /usr/bin/whoami. not working. Any idea?

 
set prompt="%{\033[32m%}{`\usr\bin\whoami`}%{\033]0;%n@%M  :    %~%L  \007%} `pwd` >%{\033[0m%} "

now I am getting this. but not seeing the user name.

 
{} /home/markb >
4

UNIX paths use / , not \ .