Here's a like more detail on what you can do with your prompt: <a href="http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-ps1-10-examples-to-make-your-linux-prompt-like-angelina-jolie/">http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-ps1-10-examples-to-make-your-linux-prompt-like-angelina-jolie/</a> <a href="http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-take-control-of-ps1-ps2-ps3-ps4-and-prompt_command">http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-take-control-of-ps1-ps2-ps3-ps4-and-prompt_command</a> -- Karl Wilbur 513-322-2481 <a href="mailto:karl@karlwilbur.net">karl@karlwilbur.net</a> <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 27, 2016 08:52, "Tim Chase" <<a href="mailto:blinux.list@thechases.com">blinux.list@thechases.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On October 27, 2016, Jeffery Mewtamer wrote: > is there any way I could add a short indicator of the active > terminal before the $? Something along the lines of tty2$ when I'm > using tty2 and tty3$ when I'm using tty3. You should be able to change that to export PS1="$(tty)$" which would set your prompt to the full path, something like /dev/tty1$ You could trim off the leading "/dev/" with export PS1="$(tty | sed 's#^/dev/##')$" which would reduce it to just tty1$ This does merely assign it once when it's evaluated in your .bashrc, so if you use something like reptyr(1) to move your shell to another terminal, it won't update so you'd have to re-source your .bashrc again. Not a big deal and not something your average user is apt to encounter, but still something to keep in mind. -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Blinux-list@redhat.com">Blinux-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list</a> </blockquote></div></div>