Displaying Hostname in rxvt/term

[morawski]

How would I go about getting my <username@hostname> to be displayed on the command line in rxvt or xterm? Current is displays:

bash-3.00$

Any information is much appreciated,
~morawski

[serz]

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

Type that in a terminal. If it does work, add it to your ~/.bash_profile, it should work.

[morawski]

Worked like a charm, thanks serz

But uh..this brought something to my attention..I don't have a ~/.bash_profile. or a ~/.profile ..

Why would this be and how can I solve that?

[serz]

Then create it. The following command create and add what you need to your ~/.bash_profile.

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

[morawski]

It doesn't seem to work..nothing changed after I rebooted.

Here are the contents of my .bash_profile:

export PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
set -o vi

Do I need a shell header? (such as: #! /bin/bash)

~morawski

[serz]

Those shells (rxvt/xterm) must not be reading ~/.bash_profile every time you open them.

cp ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc

Try that.

[morawski]

Those shells (rxvt/xterm) must not be reading ~/.bash_profile every time you open them.

cp ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc

Try that.

You're a beautiful person, serz.

Thanks
~morawski