Changes the Windows command prompt.
PROMPT [text]
text Specifies a new command prompt.
Prompt can be made up of normal characters and the following 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 - This
would display the time and the date above your prompt when in DOS.
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| VER | VERIFY | VOL | XCOPY |
