shell

does any one hav any idea how to display a prompt in unix, such as hello$ instead of the normal $ sign?

use the export command..

Type in the prompt...

$export PS1=Hello$

and press Enter...

Note: Remember PS should be in caps and there should be no space to the left and right of = sign.

-Nisha

well, you can have spaces after the = sign if you enclose the right part of it in quotes. for more information about displaying date, time , working directory, colours etc. see this web page.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tip-prompt/

Depends what shell you're using as well:

Since you say the prompt is a $, you must be using the k-shell.

It could be any shell... It typically means that it's a derivitave of the original Bourne Shell (or "osh" for that matter), but I've seen csh use that prompt as well, since the admin set it up that way...

For ksh and bsh we use $...

But for csh we generally use % ...