Ubuntu – Displaying a new line on the prompt

bashscripts

I wish to add a new line on every prompt. Instead of the cursor showing on the line as
name@machine:~$ _,

I want it to be on the next line, like as:

name@machine:~$
_

Thanks.

Best Answer

Open the file ~/.bashrc (or /etc/bash.bashrc if it should work globally for all users).
Locate the variable called PS1.
Simply put an \n at the end of the value of the PS1 variable.

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You probably need to look at what echo -ne '\r' does.

Here is an example:

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