I use the following prompt in .zshrc:
PROMPT="%{$fg[magenta]%}%n%{$reset_color%}@%{$fg[blue]%}%m %{$fg[yellow]%}%1~ %{$reset_color%}%# "
When I open terminal I see this prompt:
zoltan@zoltan-Macbook-Pro ~ %
Is it possible to drop the text "zoltan" in the hostname? I would like to make it look like this:
zoltan@Macbook-Pro ~ %
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
It's a bit of a mess, but you can pretend the %m
is a parameter and use parameter expansion to strip the zoltan
from the host name:
PROMPT="...${${(%):-%m}#1} ..."
A little explanation. First, you create a "parameter" expansion that doesn't actually have a parameter name; it just uses the text you provide as the "value":
${:-%m}
Next, add the %
expansion flag so that any prompt escapes found in the value are processed.
${(%):-%m}
Finally, next it in a final expansion that uses the #
operator to remove a prefix from the string:
${${(%):-%m}#zoltan-}
You can tame your prompt a bit by building up piece by piece (and use zsh
's prompt escapes to handle the color changes, rather than embedding terminal control sequences explicitly).
PROMPT="%F{magenta}%n%f" # Magenta user name
PROMPT+="@"
PROMPT+="%F{blue}${${(%):-%m}#zoltan-}%f" # Blue host name, minus zoltan
PROMPT+=" "
PROMPT+="%F{yellow}%1~ %f" # Yellow working directory
PROMPT+=" %# "
If you're using OhMyZsh, this is one line to add at the bottom of you .zshrc if you want the user and hostname in your PS1/PROMPT :
export PROMPT='%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)$USER@%{$fg[white]%}%M ${ret_status} %{$fg[cyan]%}%c%{$reset_color%} $(git_prompt_info)'
Enjoy ;)