Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 162

Chapter 6 / Command Reference
PROMPT
PROMPT [prompt-text]
Changes the MS-DOS system prompt to prompt-text.
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Parameters
prompt-text is a string of characters to set as the prompt. It can
be any of the following:
• A string of characters, such as your name.
• A special prompt in the format $character, in which character
is one of those in the chart below.
• A combination of characters, strings, and special prompt(s).
In the prompt text you must precede the following symbols
with the $ character.
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Character Prompt
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t The current time
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The current date
p The current directory
n The current drive specification
e The escape sequence
If you omit prompt-text, MS-DOS sets the current drive speci-
fication as the prompt.
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The MS-DOS version number
The> symbol
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A carriage return and line feed
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A backspace
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