Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

prompt — global

Synopsis

prompt string
no prompt string

Configures

The router prompt

Default

%h%p

Description

This command sets the prompt to the specified string. The string can have any combination of characters and escape sequences. The special characters are listed in Table 17-18. Use the no form of this command to set the system prompt to the default value.

Table 17-18. Escape sequences for the router prompt

Escape sequence	Meaning
%%	Percent character
%h	Hostname of the router
%n	TTY number for this EXEC session
%p	The prompt character; either > for user level or # for privileged level
%s	Space character
%t	Tab character