How to hide computer name and user name in terminal command prompt

Question

How can I hide username and computer in terminal command prompt?

In Terminal it says

Last login: Mon Jan 13 00:00:14 on ttys000
Whatever:~ UserName$ 

Is it possible to show just the current folder and $ sign?

Answer 1

Change your prompt in your ~/.bashrc file. The example you asked for would be:

export PS1="\W \$"

It would result in the current folder you're in being shown plus a $ for the regular prompt and a # if you're root. Check out this guide for more examples of what you could show in your prompt.

Edit:

As per one of the comments below, you might need to source your ~/.bashrc from your ~/.bash_profile or even put this code in your ~/.bash_profile instead. You can read this article for a better explanation on which file to use.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue with this but did not get it working at first.

This may of been because I wasn't sudo but either way this works just as well.

1. Open the preferences in the terminal (top right)
2. Then go into the shell tab
3. Then copy/paste the command export PS1="\W \$"; clear;
4. Then restart the terminal and should work

Answer 3

echo "export PS1='$ '" >> ~/.bash_profile
. ~/.bash_profile

This will leave just $ as a prompt. If you want to restore the old prompt, you will need to edit .bash_profile to remove that "export ..." line.

Answer 4

Check out this tutorial on how to change your bash prompt. A very short version (only username and no current path): PS1="\u$ "

Result: myusername$ cat something.log

Answer 5

Edit ~/.bash_profile to save your changes to prompt.

nano ~/.bash_profile

At the end, add your changes.

# Change prompt
export PS1="\W \$ "

Exit, save changes. Hit enter to confirm the file name. Run source to see the change.

source ~/.bash_profile

Answer 6

Create/Edit your .bash_profile file or your root:

sudo vim ~/.bash_profile

and add this line

export PS1="\W$: "

The space will give you some breathing space in command prompt. After this modification your command prompt will looks like this:

~$: 

Answer 7

Set DEFAULT_USER in ~/.zshrc file to your regular username. You can get your exact username value by executing whoami in the terminal. Something like this:

export DEFAULT_USER=username

Answer 8

export PS1="[\033[01;32m]\W \$ [\033[00m]"

\W will give you the current folder (\w to include the path too). The brackets set the color codes. So this puts the current folder in green, and then resets the color to white after the prompt.

Answer 9

Mine is: PS1="\W[\033[32m]\$(parse_git_branch)[\033[00m] $ "