MDS prompt change to reflect mdsenv

[Don_Paterson]

Can the command prompt on an MDS be set to automatically change based on the MDS environment, mdsenv, and show the DMS name (or part of) or the IP?

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

Set the promt message with:

export PS1=

[Don_Paterson]

That's not really helpful, but thank you.

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

Don't have MDM right now. May be that this must be a[3] or a[5].

export PS1="\h / $(echo $FWDIR | awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[5]}') #"

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

If you copy this to the following file ".bashrc" in your home directory, it is permanent.

.bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

# User specific aliases and functions
PS1="\h / $(echo $FWDIR | awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[5]}') #"

[Don_Paterson]

Thanks. I will try that too, but so far the space between = and " is a problem and the result is just the hostname # and no change when moving between DMS environments (mdsenv).
The ideal would be for Check Point R&D to make the prompt change in a similar way to the way vsenv changes the number in the prompt to show the context/VSID number.

Appreciate the feedback. Will look into it more tomorrow.

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

Hi @Don_Paterson,

Have tested it  in the LAB with a MDS!

export PS1="\h / $(echo $FWDIR | awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[5]}') #"

Now the prompt looks like this:

For the rest you can still adjust.