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Table 1. Interpreted Characters

\d the date in “Weekday Month Date” format
\h the host name up to the first
\H the host name
\n newline
\s the name of the shell, the base name of $0
\t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
\T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
\@ the current time in 12-hour AM/PM format
\u the user name of the current user
\w the current working directory
\! the history number of this command
\# the command number of this command
\$ if the effective UID is 0, $ otherwise
\W the base name of the current working directory
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