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Old 07-19-2007, 12:46 AM
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Add your prompt to ~/.bash_profile (/home/you/.bash_profile or /root/.bash_profile)
Code:
export PS1="my prompt"
Now after logout, it will be get activated as .bash_profile get executed every time you login back to system
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