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Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Frank Schwidom <schwidom@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:11:59 -0700
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:59 AM Frank Schwidom <schwidom@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> How can I create a newline in PS1?

Just put an actual newline in it, zsh doesn't have a prompt "escape"
for newline.  This can be accomplished by replacing $'\\n' in your
bash PS1 assignment with $'\n' in zsh.

PS1=$'%F{green}%n@%m %D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}:\n%F{yellow}%~\n%F{magenta}%#%f '

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