The description below is from the book DOS the
Easy Way by Everett Murdock Ph.D.
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Type: Internal (2.0 and later)
Syntax:
PROMPT [prompt text][options ]
Purpose: Changes the DOS command prompt.
Discussion
You can change the DOS prompt (the indicator that DOS is ready for input)
to
almost any type of special prompt you want. For example, you can use
this
command to make the prompt display the current time, the date, or the
current
directory. You can also use combinations of the special prompt
characters to
create custom prompts.
For more information about the many uses of the PROMPT command, see Chapter 6,
Tips for Advanced Users, in the downloadable book
DOS the Easy Way.
If you use the PROMPT command with no options , the prompt will be set to
the
default prompt (the current drive letter and a greater-than symbol). By
using
the characters indicated in the following list, you can create a great
variety
of prompts (each must be preceded by a dollar sign):
Examples
To change the prompt to display the current drive and directory and a
greater-than symbol, enter
prompt $p$g
You can also create more complicated prompts. For example, to use the
same
prompt as above, with two added spaces and the characters TIME= followed
by a
display of the current time, enter
prompt $p$g TIME=$t
The resulting prompt (if you are working in the DOS directory on drive C)
will
look like this:
C:\DOS> TIME=11:07:54.23
For more information about this command, refer to the downloadable book DOS the Easy Way.
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