Linux bash prompt why does it not show username@host and the current directory?
Perhaps you've just seen this in the bash prompt:
-bash-4.1#
Instead of the expected user@hostname#
It is probably because you are missing .bash_profile or .bashrc in your home directory
Check for yourself:
ls -al ~/|grep -E ".bash_profile|.bashrc"
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 176 May 20 2009 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 176 Sep 22 2004 .bashrc
If you are missing either just take these default files that pull from /etc/bashrc and will give you what you want:
.bash_profile
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
.bashrc
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
Once you've sorted this out just login again or open a new bash shell and things should be all good again
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