terminal prompt

[anamikasoni]

hi,

i am using RedHat 9....
somehow the terminal prompt has changed and also the panel is missing....
how do i change it back to normal prompt (i remember there used to be some command to change prompts...)

my original terminal used to be root and now it is bash-2.05b#.......
how do i get back my panel....

[serz]

export PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '

Add that line to your /root/.bash_profile, that should do the trick.

[anamikasoni]

i think i have deleted that file by mistake.....
maybe thats the reson why the shell promt has changed....

now what should i do.....
can any other option work for me....

[serz]

echo "export PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '" > /root/.bash_profile

[anamikasoni]

it is not working....
the file .bash_profile is not present in tht root dir even after that command....
i tried tht command but nothing happened....

[serz]

It's impossible.. edit /root/.bash_profile yourself.. with any editor you want.. it doesn't matter that its' not there, create it.

[retired1af]

it is not working....
the file .bash_profile is not present in tht root dir even after that command....
i tried tht command but nothing happened....

It's a hidden file. How are you searching for it?