Bash Customizing PS1 Show time in terminal prompt
Example
timeNow(){
echo "$(date +%r)"
}
PS1='[$(timeNow)] \u@\h:\w$ '
It will give you a prompt like this:
[05:34:37 PM] user@Host:/path$
Notes:
- Make the changes in
~/.bashrcor/etc/bashrcor~/.bash_profileor~./profilefile (depending on the OS) and save it. - Run
source ~/.bashrc(distro specific) after saving the file.
