Microsoft DOS prompt command
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About prompt
Allows you to change the MS-DOS prompt to display more or less information.
Availability
The prompt command is an internal command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
All Versions of MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 7
Syntax
Changes the Windows command prompt.
PROMPT [text]
text Specifies a new command prompt.
The prompt can be made up of normal characters and the below special codes:
| $Q |
= (equal sign) |
| $$ |
$ (dollar sign) |
| $T |
Current time |
| $D |
Current date |
| $P |
Current drive and path |
| $V |
Windows version number |
| $N |
Current drive |
| $G |
> (greater-than sign) |
| $L |
& (less-than sign) |
| $B |
| (pipe) |
| $H |
Backspace (erases previous character) |
| $E |
Escape code (ASCII code 27) |
| $_ |
Carriage return and linefeed |
Type PROMPT without parameters to reset the prompt to the default setting.
Examples
prompt $t $d$_$p$g
Display the time and the date above your prompt when in DOS.
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