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How to configure zshell's terminal to start a new line

I want to change my terminal from:

user@name-Air ~ % <My command>

to something like

user@name-Air ~ %
<My command>

Basically I want my command to start on a new line.

Solution

  • The following code in your ~/.zshrc will begin the input on the next line:

    PS1='%* %D %%
'

    that is, simply placing an explicit newline at the end of the prompt formatter.

    As example implementation using echo:

    ~ %echo "PS1='%* %D %%\n'" >> ~/.zshrc
~ %zsh
20:24:04 23-08-05 %
ls -lah /etc