FISH_PROMPT(1)

NAME
fish_prompt - define the appearance of the command line prompt

SYNOPSIS
fish_prompt

            function fish_prompt
                ...
            end

DESCRIPTION

The fish_prompt function is executed when the prompt is to be shown, and the output is used as a prompt.

The exit status of commands within fish_prompt will not modify the value of $status <#variables-status> outside of the fish_prompt function.

If fish_transient_prompt <#envvar-fish_transient_prompt> is set to 1, fish_prompt --final-rendering is run before executing the commandline.

fish ships with a number of example prompts that can be chosen with the fish_config command.

EXAMPLE

A simple prompt:

            function fish_prompt -d "Write out the prompt"
                # This shows up as USER@HOST /home/user/ >, with the directory colored
                # $USER and $hostname are set by fish, so you can just use them
                # instead of using `whoami` and `hostname`
                printf '%s@%s %s%s%s > ' $USER $hostname \
                    (set_color $fish_color_cwd) (prompt_pwd) (set_color normal)
            end

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