Question about .bashrc

Peter Flynn peter at silmaril.ie
Sat Sep 9 09:55:21 UTC 2023


On 09/09/2023 09:30, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I am wondering whether it is possible to set .bashrc to display, at 
> terminal prompts, the date and time in ISO format, rather than in the 
> USA format, and, if so, what setting(s) to apply.

Something like

export PS1="\u@\H \D{%Y-%m-%d}> "

at the command line, as a test.
In .bashrc, use set instead of export.

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/change-bash-prompt-linux

Peter



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