On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 04:50:18PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > PS1='\u@\h $(date +"%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") :\w\$ ' > > Could \D{format} not do that?
Oh, good catch. I've... never used that before. ;-) I scanned the PROMPTING section of the man page too quickly and only saw the \t \T \@ \A parts. PS1='\u@\h \D{%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S} :\w\$ '