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fish_prompt - define the appearance of the command line prompt
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Synopsis
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.. synopsis::
fish_prompt
::
function fish_prompt
...
end
Description
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The ``fish_prompt`` function is executed when the prompt is to be shown, and the output is used as a prompt.
The exit status of commands within ``fish_prompt`` will not modify the value of :ref:`$status <variables-status>` outside of the ``fish_prompt`` function.
If :envvar:`fish_transient_prompt` is set to 1, ``fish_prompt --final-rendering`` is run before executing the commandline.
``fish`` ships with a number of example prompts that can be chosen with the ``fish_config`` command.
Example
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A simple prompt:
::
function fish_prompt -d "Write out the prompt"
# This shows up as USER@HOST /home/user/ >, with the directory colored
# $USER and $hostname are set by fish, so you can just use them
# instead of using `whoami` and `hostname`
printf '%s@%s %s%s%s > ' $USER $hostname \
(set_color $fish_color_cwd) (prompt_pwd) (set_color normal)
end