Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table 2. Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine_name%

C shell for superuser

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser

#