How to change your shell prompt

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Description	CSH *	Ksh	Bash	Tcsh *	Zsh
Current working directory	$ CWD	$ Pwd	\ W	%/	%/
Current working directory, with one's home directory '~ '	$ CWD: T	$ PWD ##*/	\ W	% ~	% ~
Full hostname	'Uname-N'	'Uname-N'	N/	% M	% M
Hostname up to the First '.'	'Hostname-S'	'Hostname-S'	\ H	% M	% M
Start (STOP) boldfacing Mode	% B (or % B)	N/	N/	% B (or % B)	% B (or % B)
Start (STOP) standout Mode	% S (or % s)	N/	N/	% S (or % s)	% S (or % s)
Start (STOP) Underline Mode	% U (or % u)	N/	N/	% U (or % u)	% U (or % u)
User Name	'Whoam'	'Logname'	\ U	% N	% N
The shell's tty that the user is logged in on	% L	N/	N/	% |	% |
The current history number	% H	N/	\!	% H (or % !)	% H (or % !)
Name of the shell	N/	N/	\ S	N/	N/
Time of day in 12-hour hh: Mm AM/PM	% T	N/	\@	% T (or % @)	% T (or % @)
Time of day in 24-hour hh: mm	% T	N/	\	% T	% T
Time of day in 12-hour with seconds hh: mm: ss am/PM	% P	N/	\ T	% P	N/
Time of day in 24-hour with seconds hh: mm: NN	% P	N/	\ T	% P	% *
The day in 'dd' format	% D	N/	N/	% D	N/
The month in 'mon' format	% W	N/	N/	% W	N/
The month in 'mm' format	% W	N/	N/	% W	N/
The year in 'yy' format	% Y	N/	N/	% Y	N/
The year in 'yyyy' format	% Y	N/	N/	% Y	N/
The date in "weekday month date" Format	N/	N/	\ D	N/	N/
The date in day-dd format	N/	N/	N/	N/	% W
The date in MON/DD/yy format	N/	N/	N/	N/	% W
The date in YY-mm-dd format	N/	N/	N/	N/	% D
The weekday in 'day' format	% D	N/	N/	% D	N/
Description	CSH *	Ksh	Bash	Tcsh *	Zsh

Set prompt = "'whoam' % B [% @] % B @ % m [%/] #"

Current user bold current time not bold @ machine name [current working directory]