Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows default system prompts and superuser prompts.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell on UNIX systems	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser on UNIX systems	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell on UNIX systems	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser on UNIX systems	`#`
Microsoft Windows command line	`C:\`