Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompts for the different platforms and shells.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`
Windows NT system prompt	`C:\`

Unless otherwise noted, the command examples in this book use the Korn shell prompt.