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                                   PROMPT
 
Changes the appearance of the command prompt.
 
You can customize the command prompt to display any text you want, including
such information as the name of the current directory, the time and date,
and the MS-DOS version number.
 
Syntax
 
    PROMPT [text]
 
Parameter
 
text
    Specifies any text and information you want included in your system
    prompt.
 
    The following list shows the character combinations you can include
    instead of, or in addition to, any character string(s) in the text
    parameter. The list includes a brief description of the text or
    information that each character combination adds to your command
    prompt.
 
    $Q    = (equal sign)
    $$    $ (dollar sign)
    $T    Current time
    $D    Current date
    $P    Current drive and path
    $V    MS-DOS version number
    $N    Current drive
    $G    > (greater-than sign)
    $L    < (less-than sign)
    $B    | (pipe)
    $_    ENTER-LINEFEED
    $E    ASCII escape code (code 27)
    $H    Backspace (to delete a character that has been written to the
          prompt command line)
 
Related Commands
 
For information about setting the current date and time, see the <DATE> and
<TIME> commands.
 
For information about ANSI escape sequences, see the <ANSI.SYS> topic.
 
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