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vogondude

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Registered: 2018-04-15

Posts: 1

zsh shell not interpreting usernames correctly

Hello all,

I am fairly new to arch. I have used Manjaro before but this is my first ever full blown arch installation.

I was trying to setup zsh and it is acting up.

In bash, an empty terminal looks like this.

[naman@GooglePlex_StarThinker ~]$

when I type zsh to invoke the zsh shell, zsh interprets my username and hostname as

[\[\]\[\][\[\]\u\[\]@\[\]\h \[\]\W\[\]]\[\]\$ \[\]

My

~/.zshrc

file is empty with a comment and this is a fresh copy of zsh

and my

locale.conf

contains

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

only

Ideally I'd like zsh to have me display the username and hostname same as in bash shelll. Could anyone guide me in what am I missing? 

Thanks

Last edited by vogondude (2018-04-15 17:43:31)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: zsh shell not interpreting usernames correctly

Please convert that image to an URL and even better, don't post text as images but paste the actual text: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

robg

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Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 225

Re: zsh shell not interpreting usernames correctly

Hello vogondude and welcome to Arch.

Please make sure to get familiar with the Code of Conduct and make sure your screenshot is within the allowed size limit. Next, if you want anyone to help you, you'll first have to do some work yourself. At the very least, post _all_ the relevant (check the wiki if you are unsure about the scope of "relevant") details of your setup: What terminal emulator, its configuration, your .zshrc, fonts, locale, etc.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: zsh shell not interpreting usernames correctly

Also, giving us a hint at what "acting up" is would be helpful.  I can only assume you are surprised by what your prompt looks like.  You shouldn't be, zsh is not bash and it does not use the same format for custom prompts:
http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/ … -Expansion

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WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: zsh shell not interpreting usernames correctly

Thanks for editing your post as requested.

It seems that you simply need to configure your zsh. That prompt you see is how zsh interprets the $PS1 environment variable from your bash configuration.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh#Configure_Zsh for basic configuration tips, and the man pages/external links for more advanced configuration.

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