Name
prompt — global
Synopsis
promptstring
no promptstring
Configures
The router prompt
Default
%h
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 15-16. Use the
no
form of this command to set the system prompt
to the default value.
Table 17-3. Escape sequences for the router prompt
Escape sequence |
Meaning |
---|---|
|
Percent character |
|
Hostname of the router |
|
TTY number for this EXEC session |
|
The prompt character; either > for user level or # for privileged level |
|
Space character |
|
Tab character |
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