6 Aug
2018
6 Aug
'18
8:53 p.m.
Hi,
I usually just lurk on this list, but I've been curious lately about the origin of
the symbols at the end of various interactive prompts.
ksh (etc), bash, sh use $ for non-root, and # for root
csh, tcsh and zsh use % for non-root and # for root
fish and things like mysql, ftp, and interactive shells for a lot of scripting languages
use >
rc uses ;
Where do these different conventions originate?
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