Ubuntu – How to change Byobu prompt from “>” to “$”

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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:

byobu-disable-prompt

and

byobu-enable-prompt

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.

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