Showing posts with label Prompt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prompt. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

How do you change DOS windows' command prompt in Windows 7?

Get help file:

C:\Users\Jay>prompt /?


Changes the cmd.exe command prompt.

PROMPT [text]
text Specifies a new command prompt.
Prompt can be made up of normal characters and the following special codes:
$A & (Ampersand)
$B (pipe)
$C ( (Left parenthesis)
$D Current date
$E Escape code (ASCII code 27)
$F ) (Right parenthesis)
$G > (greater-than sign)
$H Backspace (erases previous character)
$L < (less-than sign)
$N Current drive
$P Current drive and path
$Q = (equal sign)
$S (space)
$T Current time
$V Windows version number
$_ Carriage return and linefeed
$$ $ (dollar sign)



If Command Extensions are enabled the PROMPT command supports the following additional formatting characters:
$+ zero or more plus sign (+) characters depending upon the depth of the PUSHD directory stack, one character for each level pushed.

$M Displays the remote name associated with the current drive letter or the empty string if current drive is not a network

Example: Changing from "C:\" to "%"
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C:\Users\Jay>prompt %--->Changes to %
%
%Prompt C:\ ------------->Changes back to C:\
C:\
C:\