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| Chapter 7 Setting Your Shell Prompt |

## 7.7 A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users

Some people don't want to be faced with a UNIX `%` or `$` shell prompt. If you usually run only a few particular UNIX commands, you can put those command names in the shell prompt. Here's a simple one-line Bourne shell prompt for a .profile:

>     PS1='Type "rn", "mailx", "wp", or "logout": '

Next, a multiline prompt (7.5) for the C shell .cshrc file:

    ($?prompt)
    if ($?prompt) then
    set prompt='\\

    Type "rn" to read the news,\\
    type "mailx" to read and send mail,\\
    type "wp" for word processing, or\\
    type "logout" to log out.\\
    YES, MASTER? '
    endif

You get the idea.

- JP

7.6 Session Information in Your Terminal's Status Line |  | 7.8 Highlighting in Shell Prompts