What Is Ps1 and Ps2 in Linux?
Contents Ps1: Environment Variable Which Contains the Value of the Default Prompt. It Changes the Shell Command Prompt Appearance and Environment. Ps2...
PS1: environment variable which contains the value of the default prompt. It changes the shell command prompt appearance and environment. PS2: environment variable which contains the value the prompt used for a command continuation interpretation. You see it when you write a long command in many lines.
What is PS2 in Linux?
PS2(Prompt String 2) is one of the prompts available in Linux/Unix. The other prompts are PS1, PS3 and PS4. This is very much useful for entering a large command in multiple lines and when you execute incomplete command, this prompt will come into picture.
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What does PS1 mean?
PS1 stands for “Prompt String One” or “Prompt Statement One”, the first prompt string (that you see at a command line). Yes, there is a PS2 and more!
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