Re: current time at bash prompt?

=46rom the bash man page (only relevant ones listed):

              \d the date in "Weekday Month Date" format (e.g., "Tue =
May
                     26")
              \D{format}
                     the format is passed to strftime(3) and the result =
 is
                     inserted into the prompt string; an empty format resu=
lts
                     in a locale-specific time representation. The braces =
are
                     required
              \t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
              \A the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format

Does that help :)

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On Wednesday 06 October 2004 11:59, Thomison, Lee wrote:
> Is there a way to display the time at the prompt? I've tried:
>
> PS1=3D3D"`hostname`@`date '+%H:%M:%S'$ `
>
> But as you may have guessed, that displayed the time when PS1 was set,
> that is, what time the user logged in.
>
> Thanks!
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