On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > >> [johan at unknown2a6800000000 ~]$ > How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. A) choose a shorter hostname B) change your default prompt via an export PS1=.... in $HOME/.bashrc see http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html for the PS1 options...