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Full Discussion: Help changing the PS1 prompt in Solaris
Operating Systems Solaris Help changing the PS1 prompt in Solaris Post 302942316 by jlliagre on Monday 27th of April 2015 03:15:57 PM
Old 04-27-2015
Just stop using /bin/sh as a login shell and switch to ksh or bash.

By the way, I would also recommend to avoid the final "> ".

Standard bourne shell prompt are usually ending with "$" for casual users and "#" for root. Sticking to that standard helps knowing who you are running command as. Moreover, "> " is risky as a terminal window copy/paste "accident" is less likely to create unwanted files, or worst, clear existing ones.
 

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suspend

suspend(1)							   User Commands							suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

   ksh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

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