Math-Tuttle-OSX:~ smtuttle$ !ssh
ssh st10@nrs-labs.humboldt.edu
st10@nrs-labs.humboldt.edu's password: 
Last login: Wed Oct 24 15:04:02 2012 from 137.150.7.22
-bash: /usr/local/bin/oraenv: No such file or directory

# playing with changing environment variable PS1,
#    to see what command prompt results...

[st10@nrs-labs ~]$ echo $PS1
[\u@\h \W]\$
[st10@nrs-labs ~]$ SAVE_PS1=$PS1
[st10@nrs-labs ~]$ PS1="moo> "
moo> PS1="howdy pardner$ "
howdy pardner$ PS1="\awhat$ "
what$ 
what$ 
what$ 
what$ 
what$ 
what$ PS1="\d "
Wed Oct 24 
Wed Oct 24 
Wed Oct 24 PS1="\l"
21ls
10-27funct_compile              lab08
10-27funct_play2                lab8
10-31funct_play2                LATE_OCT_16funct_compile
...<too-long ls output chopped for posting> ...

21PS1="\d\n\$ "
Wed Oct 24
$ ls
10-27funct_compile              lab08
10-27funct_play2                lab8
10-31funct_play2                LATE_OCT_16funct_compile
...<too-long ls output chopped for posting> ...

Wed Oct 24
$ PS1="\t "
15:14:00 PS1="\T "
03:14:13 PS1="\v "
4.1 PS1="\V "
4.1.2 PS1="\! "
1016 ls
10-27funct_compile              lab08
10-27funct_play2                lab8
10-31funct_play2                LATE_OCT_16funct_compile
...<too-long ls output chopped for posting> ...

1017 echo $SAVE_PS1
[\u@\h \W]\$
1018 PS1="\u >"
st10 >PS1="* "
*