What is "bash-3.2#" on Mac Terminal?

[Kacangputehman]

Hi
Does anyone know what is this "bash-3.2#"? I am trying to get to root directory using terminal with "cd /" but it still give me "bash-3.2#".

Why like that? Anyone can help?

 

[guanyu158]

Hi
Does anyone know what is this "bash-3.2#"? I am trying to get to root directory using terminal with "cd /" but it still give me "bash-3.2#".

Why like that? Anyone can help?

it's the command line prompt. your command actually starts after #. so you are using bash shell version 3.2. you can customize it or just don't bother.

 

[Kacangputehman]

it's the command line prompt. your command actually starts after #. so you are using bash shell version 3.2. you can customize it or just don't bother.

Thanks for your reply.

I want to get to root level so I keyed in my password after keying sudo -s.

It gave me bash3.2# <= does this means it's at root level? It don't look like this before.

I google this "bash 3.2#" and there's many who asked the same question. But the patch/advise are very confusing. Am not a programmer.

TIA

 

[davidktw]

Hi
Does anyone know what is this "bash-3.2#"? I am trying to get to root directory using terminal with "cd /" but it still give me "bash-3.2#".

Why like that? Anyone can help?

"root" may refers to the unix user named "root" or the "root" directory at "/"

"sudo -s" without specifying any command after it will promote your current user (if allowed) to "root" unix user.

To know what is your current user at the command session, you can type "id" to print it out.

Normally, the command prompt "$" is given to non-privileged unix user, and '#' is given to superuser(root), however, this can be changed and not absolute.

 

[szeli]

"pwd" will show u where u r in e filesystem
"whoami" will show current user

 

[szeli]

forgot to add, if u want e bash prompt to look different (e.g. different color etc...) u can customize using e .bash_profile file for each individual user

 

[Kacangputehman]

"pwd" will show u where u r in e filesystem
"whoami" will show current user

"root" may refers to the unix user named "root" or the "root" directory at "/"

"sudo -s" without specifying any command after it will promote your current user (if allowed) to "root" unix user.

To know what is your current user at the command session, you can type "id" to print it out.

Normally, the command prompt "$" is given to non-privileged unix user, and '#' is given to superuser(root), however, this can be changed and not absolute.

forgot to add, if u want e bash prompt to look different (e.g. different color etc...) u can customize using e .bash_profile file for each individual user

Thank you guys!!! You're the best!