A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users (Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition) 4.9. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users Some people don't want to be faced with a Unix % or $ shell prompt. If you (or, if you're a sys admin on a multiuser system, your users) usually run only a few particular Unix commands, you can put those command names in the shell prompt. Here's a simple one-line Bourne-shell prompt for a .profile: PS1='Type "rn", "mailx", "wp", or "logout": ' Next, a multiline prompt (Section 4.7) for the C shell .cshrc or .tcshrc file: if ($?prompt) then set prompt='\\ Type "pine" to read the news,\\ type "mutt" to read and send mail,\\ type "wp" for word processing, or\\ type "logout" to log out.\\ YES, MASTER? ' endif You get the idea. --JP and SJC 4.8. Session Info in Window Title or Status Line4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts Copyright © 2003 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved.