From the time I use Linux, the prompt ends with #
for root and with $
for common users.
On the latest LTS version, this changed to >
for common users under Byobu.
Question 1: Why?
Question 2: How to fix it, without manually messing with $PS1
?
Best Answer
You can trivially disable (or enable) Byobu's custom prompt by running:
and
To answer your question, "why?", I direct you to this blog post where I introduced the functionality:
Full disclosure: I am the author and maintainer of Byobu.