How do I turn the dollar sign onto a new line in terminal?

Asked Aug 19 '19 at 17:19

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In a terminal window I want to be able to enter commands on the next line

Instead of:

Something-MacBook-Pro-2:~ someone$ <command>

I want:

Something-MacBook-Pro-2:~ someone $ <command>

It seems she is using iTerm2, but I can't find a way to change it.

asked Aug 19 '19 at 17:19

Luther_Blissett

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Possible duplicate of Is it possible to change my terminal window prompt text? – slhck Aug 19 '19 at 17:22
What you are looking for is the "prompt". You can modify it freely, but sometimes people just use presets like the ones that come from oh-my-zsh or more advanced ones like: https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt – slhck Aug 19 '19 at 17:23
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If you are using bash (you don't say which shell you're using), then you can insert a new-line into your PS1 prompt string with \n (see the PROMPTING section of the bash manual. Other shells will have similar sequences which can be used. – AFH Aug 19 '19 at 17:28
@AFH That would be the answer :) – Biswapriyo Aug 19 '19 at 17:30
@Biswapriyo - I haven't elaborated it fully as an answer because there is no evidence of the questioner's research efforts: he ought to do at least some work towards arriving at his answer, which will make him much more likely to learn from the exercise. – AFH Aug 19 '19 at 17:44

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